Re: XP or Vista

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"Phil Weldon" <notdiscosed@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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'miss-information' wrote:

| If the OP waits to buy a Dell after Vista is released there will be no
| upgrade, it will be installed on the notebook.

Yes, but the original post asked for help on deciding whether to buy now
or
latter. Your statement misses that point.

No, your reply which is false and misleading missed the point. The OP ask:
"I am thinking of purchasing a Dell laptop, and someone advised that I wait
until Vista comes out. I have XP Pro on my desktop and have been happy with
it, but is there some advantage in waiting for Vista?"<

Yes, there is an advantage. You get a OS technology that is 5 years ahead
of XP. You will get hardware and drivers that are guarantied to be
compatable. Upgrading a laptop or desktop to Vista could be problematic
because not all hardware manufactureers will provide drivers for a new OS.

| Actually the ATI 128mb card is about a $100.00 difference from the Intel
| 128mb onboard chip. Everything else is Vista compatible. I have a 8
month
| old Dell Inspiron that's Vista ready.

There is a difference between the 'miminum' requirements for Vista, and
the
requirements for 'all the bells and whistles'.
Read twice, post once.
Phil Weldon

Again your wrong. What you call, "all the bells and whistles" is as follows.
A Windows Vista Premium Ready PC includes at least:

a.. 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor.
b.. 1 GB of system memory.
c.. Support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics
memory (minimum), Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
d.. 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
e.. DVD-ROM Drive.
f.. Audio output capability.
g.. Internet access capability.
Read twice, don't post. This is for a "Premium" not 'miminum' PC

As I stated above the ATI 128mb on a Dell Notebook qualifys.



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