Microsoft Vista Requirments

Vista Capable:

Processor 800 MHz
Memory 512 MB
Graphics card DirectX 9 capable
Hard Drive capacity 20 Gb
Hard Drive free space 15 Gb
Other Drive DVD-ROM

Vista Premium:

Processor 1.0 GMHz
Memory 1Gb
Graphics card DirectX 9 capable GPU with Hardware Pixel shader v2.0 &
WDDM drive support
Graphics Memory 28Mb & above
Hard Drive capacity 40Gb
Hard Drive free space 15Gb
Other Drive DVD-ROM


A Microsoft Vista Premium ready PC will take advantage of Vista's high-end features but will need at least a 1.0GHz processor, 1Gb main memory, and an Aero-compatible graphics card with at least 128Mb graphics memory and supporting the new Window Display Driver Model. The company also offer to use Window Vista Upgrade Advisor from its website to determine the ability of a pc to run Vista in its various guises. The utility runs on Window XP Service Pack 2.