According to Computerworld.com, Vista machines being sold with the minimum Vista requirement of 512MB RAM will produce “sub-XP” performance.
Turns out, 4GB may be the optimal RAM setup for a truly “Windows Vista Capable” machine according to David Short, an IBM consultant who has been testing Vista machines for two years.
4GB? 4GB is literally “off the charts” at the Dell site. They go as high as 2GB in the standard offerings. 4GB is a huge amount of RAM for any desktop product off the shelf. 4GB is more than twice as much RAM as I have in my MacBook Pro that has never so much as hiccupped from day one.
“Windows Vista Capable” is some pretty scary terminology when you think about it. At the very least, “Capable” would mean booting the operating system. And wouldn’t you know it, Dell says the machines they are selling with the minimum 512MB RAM are “Great for … Booting the Operating System, without running applications or games”.
Nice. Buy a “Windows Vista Capable” machine with 512MB RAM and out of the box you’ll be able to turn it on and look at it.
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