"windows vista"? Or "wicked pissah"?

yikes.

this article talks about why most of our existing computers won't run the new version of windows that is coming out later this year/early next year.

>> Will Vista Run on Your Computer?

first, my measly 384 MB of RAM won't cut it - you need at least 800 MB to get the OS started up! and 2 GB if i want to play games!

and i can't upgrade my graphics card, which surely isn't supported, so add that to the list.

in fact, to sum it up... the article says it best:

let's tally up the components you need. You'll need to buy more RAM, a new video card, a new monitor, and a new motherboard. And then as if that weren't bad enough, you'll have to buy Vista itself.

i know i need a new computer, but i wanted it to be my mac-that-runs-windows, not another pc to run windows. i hate pc's.

(ok, except my old ibm thinkpad from the media lab, but i can't afford another one on my own)

and why do they really need to make 20 different versions? who the hell wants to test their products out on so many copies of an OS? its bad enough trying to support windows 98/NT/2000/XP right now...

Windows Vista Starter
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB
Longhorn Enterprise Server (ADS)
Longhorn Enterprise Server - IA64
Longhorn Standard Server
Longhorn Datacenter Server
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VL Binding Service
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - VLGeneric
Windows Vista Pro Std/SB/Ent - DMAK
Windows Vista Starter Digital Boost - OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic - OEM
Windows Vista Home Premium - OEM
Windows Vista Ultimate - OEM
Windows Vista Pro Standard/SB - OEM
Longhorn Enterprise Server - OEM
Windows Vista Home Basic N
Windows Vista Pro Standard N