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So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
know?
Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
Tks.
-Pete

On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:34:33 -0400, "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote:

>So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
>know?

No. I upgraded from XP to Vista Beta, then RC1.

>Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?

One meg? Or one gig?

One meg? No way. One gig? It will run. It will be slow, but it will
technically run.

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"Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
> know?
YET. There is an upgrade option, but it's shadowed out.

> Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
> Tks.
I assume you mean one GIG. If so, plenty.

No guarantee though that all your peripherals will work, though. You might
want to run the latest Upgrade Advisor to check on those.

Note that a number of video cards out there will work with Vista, but that
doesn't necessarily mean they'll provide access to the new Aero interface.
Vista runs fine without that -- you just don't get the fancy special EFX.



> -Pete
>
>

Windows Version 3.11 needs 4 Megs.

8 MB strongly recommended for 386 enhanced mode.

Remember the Memory DOS takes from your total amount of Ram.

...... Welcome back in 1993




"Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what you
> know?
> Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
> Tks.
> -Pete
>
>

Evan Platt explained :
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:34:33 -0400, "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from
>> what you know?
>
> No. I upgraded from XP to Vista Beta, then RC1.
>
>> Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
>
> One meg? Or one gig?
>
> One meg? No way. One gig? It will run. It will be slow, but it will
> technically run.

I'm currently running Vista with aero on one gig of (dual channel) RAM,
and it runs smooth as a babies bum.... )
In fact, is even a bit faster then XP on the same machine.

--
Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

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It happens that Sascha Benjamin Jazbec formulated :
> Windows Version 3.11 needs 4 Megs.
>
> 8 MB strongly recommended for 386 enhanced mode.
>
> Remember the Memory DOS takes from your total amount of Ram.
>
> ..... Welcome back in 1993

lol
Doesn't time fly...

>
>
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> "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>> So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from
>> what you know?
>> Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
>> Tks.
>> -Pete
>>
>>

--
Mamamegs.

I reject your reality and substitute my own.
(Adam Savage)

mamamegs@gmail.com

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Which version of DOS do you mean? :-)
My bad. I did mean Gig.


"Sascha Benjamin Jazbec" <sbj77@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Windows Version 3.11 needs 4 Megs.
>
> 8 MB strongly recommended for 386 enhanced mode.
>
> Remember the Memory DOS takes from your total amount of Ram.
>
> ..... Welcome back in 1993
>
>
>
>
> "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:%23PPXDN21GHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
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>>
>> So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what
>> you know?
>> Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
>> Tks.
>> -Pete
>>
>>
>

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"jwardl" <jwardl@spamthis.com> wrote in message
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> Comments below...
>
> "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> So I am told there is no upgrade path to Vista. Is that true from what
>> you know?
> YET. There is an upgrade option, but it's shadowed out.
>
>> Second: I have one meg of RAM. Is that enough to run Vista Aero?
>> Tks.
> I assume you mean one GIG. If so, plenty.
>
> No guarantee though that all your peripherals will work, though. You might
> want to run the latest Upgrade Advisor to check on those.
>
> Note that a number of video cards out there will work with Vista, but that
> doesn't necessarily mean they'll provide access to the new Aero interface.
> Vista runs fine without that -- you just don't get the fancy special EFX.
>
>> -Pete
>>
Great. My machine only has 1GIG of RAM. You say "plenty" which is good news,
but on what do you base your statement?
Tks.
-Pete

Again, comments below:

"Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message >>
> Great. My machine only has 1GIG of RAM. You say "plenty" which is good
> news, but on what do you base your statement?
> Tks.
> -Pete

TWO things. First:


(from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/capable.mspx)
A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:

A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
512 MB of system memory.
A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.

Second:

I have a gig -- it works fine, runs smooth and quick -- **MUCH** more
quickly than Beta2.

Or, to quote an in-joke from a previous job:
"Works good -- lasts a long time."

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"jwardl" <jwardl@spamthis.com> wrote in message
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> Again, comments below:
>
> "Pete" <Pete@nospam.com> wrote in message >>
>> Great. My machine only has 1GIG of RAM. You say "plenty" which is good
>> news, but on what do you base your statement?
>> Tks.
>> -Pete
>
> TWO things. First:
>
>
> (from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/capable.mspx)
> A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:
>
> A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
> 512 MB of system memory.
> A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.
>
> Second:
>
> I have a gig -- it works fine, runs smooth and quick -- **MUCH** more
> quickly than Beta2.
>
> Or, to quote an in-joke from a previous job:
> "Works good -- lasts a long time."
Nothing is more true than experience. ONE meg it is then. Tks.
-Pete