Microsoft today revealed the minimum specifications for Windows Vista, in two tiers: “Vista Capable” and “Premium Ready.” And as usual, the emphasis is on minimum.

I was actually, after all the hype, expecting Vista’s requirements to be higher than what was announced. Most people who bought a somewhat decent PC in the last 2 years should have enough CPU horsepower and RAM for the new OS.

One item which WILL require most people to upgrade though is the video card requirements. I’m ok but that’s because I did spend about $400 last summer on an ATI X800XL 256MB card, but nowadays most budget PCs come with internal graphics which won’t do you any good with Vista if you want to see all the special effects.

What I’m curious about is if they’re going to announce separate specs for laptops/notebooks. Not many notebooks out there with 128MB of video RAM!

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