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Will my new notebook be able to run Vista Premium?

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Hi I just bought a new Toshiba notebook, and I was wondering if it will be capable of running Windows Vista Premium. It has 1024mb of memory, 100gb hd, 1.74ghz Intel Core Duo processor, but doesn't have dedicated graphics memory. I ran the Windows Vista Upgrade advisor and it said that it could run Premium, but I am not sure if it's true. According to microsoft's requirements for the Aero user interface, it says:
* Processor speed is specified as the nominal operational processor frequency for the device. Some processors have power management which allows the processor to run at lower rate to save power.
* Windows Aero requires:
o DirectX 9 class graphics processor that:
+ Supports a WDDM Driver.
+ Supports Pixel Shader 2.0 in hardware.
+ Supports 32 bits per pixel.
o Adequate graphics memory.
+ 64 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor less than 1,310,720 pixels
+ 128 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels
+ 256 MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels
+ Meets graphics memory bandwidth requirements, as assessed by Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor running on Windows XP
* A DVD-ROM may be external (not integral, not built into the system).

So, since my monitor is 1280x800, which is 1,024,000 pixels, shouldn't I be able to run it?
post #2 of 7
Yes u can run any version of vista with that computer. Just that the full aero feature might not work smoothly, but the bare os will work on just about any computer that came out within the last 4-5 years given the right amount of memory.
post #3 of 7
my m1210 will run it
post #4 of 7
my laptop (in my sig) runs Vista pretty well and the AERO interface runs reasonably fast...
However it only scores a "3" on vista's system performance rating
post #5 of 7
Thread Starter 
gnome, how is Vista? Also, where do you find the system performance rating? Is it within vista? Finally, since my resolution is only 1280x800, do you think my integrated graphics card will run Aero smoothly?
post #6 of 7
the beta of Vista Ultimate seems OK so far,
the performance rating is in Control panel > System

as for aero running smoothly in that resolution... I have no idea, since I have not tested this on any integrated graphics...upgrading to 2gb of ram and allocating more ram to your video card may help, but I dunno how much...
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since my resolution is only 1280x800, do you think my integrated graphics card will run Aero smoothly?
oh the m$oft website under vista there is info about how much vram u need to run aero on different resolutions. I believe for urs u need 128, and for resolutions over sxga u need 256
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