Microsoft Releases Vista Requirements

Microsoft has published the requirements for Vista capable machines. According to Microsoft, a Vista capable machine must have at least:

-800 MHZ Processor

-512 MB of RAM

-A graphics card that is DirectX 9 compatible

-20 GB of hard drive space

These are absolute minimum requirements, the Vista recommended requirements are:

-1 GHZ Processor

-1 GB of RAM

-A DirectX 9 Compatible Video card with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of RAM, and 2.0 pixel shader

-40 GB of hard drive space

Even with the above specs, you will still feel Vista is sluggish. At least 2 GB of RAM will make things much faster.