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Vista
Readiness Test |
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Vista capable PC
(minimum requirement)
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Vista Home Premium / Business
/ Ultimate ready PC |
| Processor |
800
MHz |
1 GHz |
| Memory |
512
MB RAM |
1
GB RAM |
| Graphics card |
DirectX
9 capable |
DirectX 9 capable GPU with Hardware
Pixel Shader v2.0 and
WDDM driver support |
| Graphics
memory |
SVGA
graphics card |
128
MB RAM supports up to
2,756,000 total pixels
(e.g. 1920 × 1200) or
512 MB+ for greater
resolutions such as
2560x1600[33] |
| HDD capacity |
20 GB |
40
GB |
| HDD
free space |
15
GB |
15 GB |
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Who is ready
for Windows Vista?
All / any who qualify the minimum system requirements:
you can install Windows Vista.
Vista capable PC (Home Basic / Home
Premium / Business / Ultimate)
• 800 MHz processor and 512 MB of system memory
• 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available
space
• Support for Super VGA graphics
• CD-ROM drive
Who does
not qualify at all !!
If you are running DOS-based version of Windows
- Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second
Edition, or Windows Millennium Edition, Windows
NT (any version). Do not purchase an upgrade
version of Vista.
What you need to do:
Chat with a Qresolve Engineer.
• Back up all your documents and other data,
and your application settings.
• Find
all your application install disks or executables
so you can reinstall once Vista is installed
Who qualifies for an upgrade
version of Windows Vista
If you are running Windows 2000, Windows XP:
Home Edition, Professional Edition, Media Center
Edition, Tablet PC Edition, XP Professional
x64 Edition. You can purchase an upgrade version
of Windows Vista.
Windows 2000 & XP x64bit users cannot upgrade
to any Windows Vista version in-place. These
users will have to clean install Vista instead.
Which Vista upgrade is possible
from which previous Windows version? |
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| Windows version |
Vista Home Basic |
Vista Home Premium |
Vista Business |
Vista
Ultimate |
| Windows
XP Home Edition |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows XP Professional Edition |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows XP Media
Center Edition |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Windows XP Tablet
PC Edition |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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