Will this system be Vista "ready"?

I wasn't to sure where to place this question. Whether to put it here or somewhere else, I went for here.

The is the system that is most in my price range, that I think will be able to work with Vista. I read the FAQ in the New Notebooks buyers section and I think i understand that the Core Duo in the Toshiba's won't take on the Vista with their recent release of specs on the Vista website. And a Turion 64 in a different laptop company just isn't possible. So my only hope is the Pentium M processor...

So here is the systems stuff that I think anyone will need to try and figure out if this will or will not take Vista, based on the current know info out there, which is pretty sketchy from all I have read... and no definate answers are available.

Toshiba Satellite A100
A100-LE6: 1.86GHz/100GB

PSAA0C-LE600E

Specs...

Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86GHz, 533MHz FSB, L1 Cache 32KB/32KB, L2 Cache 2MB)

Operating System

Genuine Windows® XP Home
TOSHIBA® Express Media Player for quick access to CD, DVD Playback

Memory

Standard Memory: I GB PC-4200 DDR2 (512MB x 2)
Maximum Memory: 2GB PC-4200 DDR2

Hard Disk Drive

100.0 billion bytes, 9.5mm height, S-ATA, 5400rpm.

Optical Drive

Built-in DVD Super-Multi Double Layer +-R Drive functions:
.....

Display System

Type: TFT Active Matrix colour LCD display
Size (diagonal): 15.4” Wide XGA TFT with TruBrite™
Screen Technology
Native LCD Panel Resolution: 1280x800x16.7 million colours
External Support and Max. Colour Support (dependant
On CRT): Up to 2,048 x 1536 x 16.7 million colours
Simult. Display Support: 1024x768x16.7 million colours

Graphics Controller

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 915GM with 128MB DDR shared video memory.

Sound System

Realtek 861 Software Sound 16-bit stereo; Built-in
stereo speakers, Direct 3D Sound, DirectSound, DirectMusic,
MIDI(playback).

Communication

V.92 56K Data/Fax Modem
10/100 integrated Ethernet LAN,
Intel Wireless LAN (802.11ag)

Thanks.

CJM

 

Vista should run on a integrated card, but you probably won't get all the eye candy.

 

If it runs, it'll be on the weak side and may not be fully supported by Aero - I believe you'll need an Intel 945GMA

 

IMO, stick with XP for at least a year or two after vista comes out, I was lucky enough to beta test Windows Vista Beta 2, trust me its nothing special. It eats up system resrouces, takes more hd to install and just slows down your system period. I installed it on a desktop, Pentium 4 ht 3.06ghz with a 250gig 10,000 rpm hd, and 4 gigs of ram. It slowed a computer with that much performance down I cant imagine what it would do to my laptop, no the desktop obiously wasnt slowed down extremely, but the difference between running xp on it and vista was very noticeable.

 

Compaq, its a beta, its not going to be perfect and theres going to be problems. Someone put up a thread about how vista ran on their 1210 a week or so ago. I really didnt care what they had to say because its not how the final version is going to be. The beta may hog 1gb of your system ram, and may slow the entire system down. But I am 100% sure the end user version is going to be alot more optimized and better overall. I guess we wont know how it will truley run untill we see the final version and how it does.

 

I agree with you, I hope that the final result is better. Well have to wait and see.

 

It will definitely be optimized a little more, but it is still going to be a hog. Eye candy needs alot of resources, and Vista is very much into eye candy. Remember also, this is Beta 2. It is going to be getting real close to the real thing. The next issue will be a Release Canidate, which will be almost exactly the real version with a few bugs left. They have to get this thing to print in October or so. That is fairly soon. I hope Vista is good, but I smell bust. I would most certainly wait until the first service pack to buy it. XP has come a long way and is a pretty good OS. Vista may take a while to work out kinks like XP did.

**EDIT** One more thing to think about. They would not release this to the 200,000 or so they claim if it were not a very good representation of the final product.

 

You know, I would go for discrete graphics or the new 945 GMA on any new laptop. If you're buying a new machine, you might as well get something that can run Vista uncrippled graphics-wise. Otherwise you look fine, but I'm a little confused by this:

... Do you mean that Core Duo's can't run Vista? They are actually the recommended processor by Microsoft ... you may want to check our Microsoft's hardware reccomendations: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/entpguid.mspx

If you can go for Core Duo in your price range, and it's very doable in the 800-1200 range, you should consider it.

Vista: I read somewhere that the equivalent beta of XP was good enough that developers were using it as their primary operating system ... might have just been hype/whining, though. I love the eye candy on Vista and would use it on my desktop a lot more if the wireless functions weren't so screwed up. The Aero theme really is nice ... and the "breadcrumbs" in the address pane are fantastic. I miss them in XP, and I've just tried Vista out a few times. As for the rest... I doubt vista will overtake XP in terms of ease and stability, and the beta hasn't come any closer to convincing me. If there's a wireless driver available, I'll probably put it on my new m1210 ... I really like that interface. It's pretty.

 

Im thinking when I actually feel like spending way more than someone should for a computer I will get a Macbook Pro or a Macbook at least. I just hate those compatability issues. But hey macs dont have problems... EVER. First I need to buy a new pickup so I guess the "apple" wont fall far from the tree.

Dont get me wrong I like microsoft I have all kinds of their products (mice, keyboards, operating systems, one care live) but They basically took mac's os and copied it. I like what they did with it and would be very enthusiastic about buying Vista, but I would rather have a fast computer than one that looks nice and bogs down.

 

Windows Vista will be slow on older hardware end of story. I have never gained performance by upgrading my operating system on older hardware. More stable and secure yes but if your using older hardware upgrading an OS will just slow you down.

My suggestion is to wait till Vista is released then look at your options.