Windows Vista Capable: Good For Nothing!
Here, from a page about Windows Vista at Dell's site, is a shockingly honest explanation of just how meaningless the "Windows Vista Capable" sticker on some PCs is:
Yes, folks, that does say that a PC that meets the conditions to be marketed as Windows Vista Capable may be a swell Vista system...as long as you don't try to run any programs on it. ("Great for...Booting the Operating System, without running any applications or games.")
(Did I mention that my new PC has a "Windows Vista Capable" sticker but not the at least somewhat more informative "Windows Vista Premium Ready" one on it? It's got a dual-core CPU, 2GB of RAM, and adequate integrated graphics, so I am indeed running applications, thank goodness. But it's still somewhat unclear how satisfactory a Vista machine it'll be, long term. More on that in upcoming posts...)
(Thanks, Computerworld.)
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Hello. Nice finding...
Now here is something strange too. Its my Acer TM 2490
It has a Celeron M 1.6 Ghz, 1256 MB Ram, ( 256 preinstalled), 60 GB HDD, and GMA 950 graphic fully dx9 - can allocate 224 mb ram, shaders 2.0 etc compatible, and with the appropriate drivers for Vista in the download option at acer_s site, sound card etc, all Vista compatible, Question: My computer is advertised as a vista Capable *Vista Basic* , and the officil site says its not Premium compatible. Question is simple. Why? Sure. the graphic board experience score is around 2.0 out its still there. Premium. Why only basic then? Why would anyone buy a notebook with vista basic instead of premium, unless offcourse its not the TCO that incl Premium that bothers the advertisers. Comments are really appreciated. Im cant figure this one out. Thank you.
I agree that Vista Capable is good for nothing. Practically any machine that has sufficient hard drive space and adequate graphics made within the past 5 years would run Vista well.
What Vista Capable means is a marketing ploy to get people to buy new machines (the assumption is that an older machine would not be capable). How many years ago did a processor only run at 800Mhz? Granted graphics capability may not be up to snuff but plenty of machines out there have a graphics card that is plenty good enough for Aero Glass.
While I would agree that the label "Vista Capable" leaves a lot to be desired in terms of computer specifics, I do have to wonder. At some point the user of the computer needs to take some responsibility for the decisions they make pertaining to their computer. My Laptop (a dell to boot) was marked as Vista Capable when I bought it last year. I now have Vista (Home Premium) and it runs like a charm. Aero works great as do all of the features I have come across. I am personally becoming fond of the Voice Recognition , as I had never really tried it out before. Just my $.02 worth
Vista is almost as impressive as M$'s other great piece of software, ME. "Vista Capable" is so much claptrap from the manufacturers. And BTW, the tag shows 512m of RAM, you say you have 1 gig. Hmmmm.