Ah, the wonders of Vista

[Socket]

LINK!

Scroll almost all the way down to the "WHY WINDOWS VISTA ON DELL?" section and check out what Vista Basic is "Great for..."

Also check out the progression of hard drive requirements.  And M$ wonders why nobody wants to "upgrade".

[Dragontologist]

Wow.  Under "minimum requirements" they define it as "Great for Booting the Operating System, without running applications or games."  That's just awesome.

[Dr. Steed]

Also check out the progression of hard drive requirements.  And M$ wonders why nobody wants to "upgrade".[/color]

7200 RPM. OK - 7200 RPM *what*? PATA? SATA? Capacity?


BTW: It's not just the system requirements that are scaring people off - it's also the fact that it's unpatched Redmondware and (surprise, surprise) *just doesn't work*.