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    Windows VISTA "Upgrade Advisor"

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by columbus57, May 18, 2006.

  1. columbus57

    columbus57 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey folks

    for all of you owners of DELL notebooks, Microsoft has just posted a tool named "Upgrade Advisor" that can be run on Windows XP machines and might give you an idea if your DELL notebook whether is Windows Vista capable.

    Note: This tool is beta and it still doesn't include applications (e.g.: word processors, antivirus, firewalls, third party utilities and the like) just hardware.

    The link for those who want to try it is : http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx

    Carlos
     
    columbus57, May 18, 2006
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    columbus57 Notebook Enthusiast

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    columbus57, May 18, 2006
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    lilredfoxie Notebook Evangelist

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    Awesome, my Dimension 4700 can run aero on vista with Intel Graphics 900, yayy
     
    lilredfoxie, May 18, 2006
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    It says I need to upgrade my CPU..apparently its running at "0.00Hz"
     
    aberdeen5, May 18, 2006
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    shof515 Notebook Consultant

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    Any computer with atleast a 1ghz processor and 512mb of ram, should be able to run vista
     
    shof515, May 18, 2006
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    Keep dreaming, it's not going to happen on your Intel 900. You'll be able to run the base OS but not all the features.
     
    esoterica, May 19, 2006
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