Microsoft Announces Vista HArdware Requirements

Microsoft Releases Vista Hardware Requirements
Posted by Zonk on Thursday May 18, @04:11PM
from the i-know-you've-been-waiting-with-baited-breath dept.
Digital Inspiration writes "CNet reports that Microsoft has kicked off a 'Get Ready' campaign aimed at helping customers prepare for Windows Vista. The site also includes an Upgrade Advisor tool to help people determine just how Vista-ready an existing PC is." From the article: "The marketing programs and upgrade tool are designed to ease some of the uncertainty around Vista well ahead of the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons, the two biggest PC selling times of the year. Vista had long been expected to arrive by the 2006 holidays, but Microsoft said in March that it would not arrive on store shelves until January."

The hardware requirments are a lower then i orignally thought they'd be. The requirements seem to be in a reachable range and not something so extremely high that no one can use Vista because it means upgrading their entire system. While a lot of computers probably wont be able to meet the Premium version it seems as if that the basic version will be in reach of most computers.