Would Vista Work on my pc

Posted: 09-10-2006, 07:25 AM
Hi i was wondering if vista would work on my Athlon.

Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon 2000 1.6GHz
ASROCK K7VM4
512MB of DDR400
40GB Hard Drive 5400RPM
300GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
6.4GB Hard Drive (Music Drive) 5400RPM
ATI Radeon 7000 VE DDR 64MB
Lite On DVD-COMBO
VIA 10/100Mbps Lan
350Watt Power Supply
C-Media 5.1CH Sound Card

Thanks
Cody






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John
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Re: Would Vista Work on my pc
Posted: 09-10-2006, 07:47 AM
Please look here first, but at a quick view it would seem to be ok with the
hardware, at least to run it.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/default.mspx

Now you do not have a dvd burner which is needed to burn the .iso image to
be downloaded to dvd media, however they are not expensive at all. The
public program is not open at this time, but it is expected to be open in
the future to obtain more keys, and people should be able to order a dvd to
be mailed to them.

I'm the kind of person very slow to upgrade, I don't buy first run parts at
first run prices, I usually buy technology when its already saturated the
market, and the prices have dropped considerably since they first became
popular. Last year I bought a 16x DVD DL +/- burner which included useful
software like OEM PowerDVD, and OEM burning software for $40. Since Windows
XP doesn't quite burn to DVDs with its programs, when it seem it should be
able to, even a simple update could enable this if they wanted to go back to
the company they got the burning software from however they don't want to
pay for the licensing, you need to use 3rd party software to make dvd burns.

"Cody" <cody.hanson@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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Hi i was wondering if vista would work on my Athlon.

Here are the specs:

AMD Athlon 2000 1.6GHz
ASROCK K7VM4
512MB of DDR400
40GB Hard Drive 5400RPM
300GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
6.4GB Hard Drive (Music Drive) 5400RPM
ATI Radeon 7000 VE DDR 64MB
Lite On DVD-COMBO
VIA 10/100Mbps Lan
350Watt Power Supply
C-Media 5.1CH Sound Card

Thanks
Cody







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Will Schuitman
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Re: Would Vista Work on my pc
Posted: 09-10-2006, 08:22 AM
It should be fine however it most probably won't run aero with your video
card
but vista will run quite nicely without aero on your pc.

"Cody" <cody.hanson@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Hi i was wondering if vista would work on my Athlon.
>
> Here are the specs:
>
> AMD Athlon 2000 1.6GHz
> ASROCK K7VM4
> 512MB of DDR400
> 40GB Hard Drive 5400RPM
> 300GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
> 6.4GB Hard Drive (Music Drive) 5400RPM
> ATI Radeon 7000 VE DDR 64MB
> Lite On DVD-COMBO
> VIA 10/100Mbps Lan
> 350Watt Power Supply
> C-Media 5.1CH Sound Card
>
> Thanks
> Cody
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Lang Murphy
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Re: Would Vista Work on my pc
Posted: 09-10-2006, 09:10 PM
Looks like you have enough juice to run Vista. If there are drivers for your
video card and your video card support pixel shading 2 (or something like
that) then you should even get Aero. Is your video on-board or a separate
video card? Do you even care about Aero?

Lang

"Cody" <cody.hanson@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
news:ee0b3m$rf0$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
> Hi i was wondering if vista would work on my Athlon.
>
> Here are the specs:
>
> AMD Athlon 2000 1.6GHz
> ASROCK K7VM4
> 512MB of DDR400
> 40GB Hard Drive 5400RPM
> 300GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
> 6.4GB Hard Drive (Music Drive) 5400RPM
> ATI Radeon 7000 VE DDR 64MB
> Lite On DVD-COMBO
> VIA 10/100Mbps Lan
> 350Watt Power Supply
> C-Media 5.1CH Sound Card
>
> Thanks
> Cody
>
>
>
>
>
>

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Travis King
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Re: Would Vista Work on my pc
Posted: 09-10-2006, 09:50 PM
Yes, Vista would run on that computer, but you need a better video card if
you want Aero Glass, and I'd recommend at least 1GB of RAM.
"Lang Murphy" <langmurf@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> Looks like you have enough juice to run Vista. If there are drivers for
> your video card and your video card support pixel shading 2 (or something
> like that) then you should even get Aero. Is your video on-board or a
> separate video card? Do you even care about Aero?
>
> Lang
>
> "Cody" <cody.hanson@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:ee0b3m$rf0$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> Hi i was wondering if vista would work on my Athlon.
>>
>> Here are the specs:
>>
>> AMD Athlon 2000 1.6GHz
>> ASROCK K7VM4
>> 512MB of DDR400
>> 40GB Hard Drive 5400RPM
>> 300GB Hard Drive 7200RPM
>> 6.4GB Hard Drive (Music Drive) 5400RPM
>> ATI Radeon 7000 VE DDR 64MB
>> Lite On DVD-COMBO
>> VIA 10/100Mbps Lan
>> 350Watt Power Supply
>> C-Media 5.1CH Sound Card
>>
>> Thanks
>> Cody
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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