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Even with current hardware its slow.

And have you ever read the vista requirements? Because it doesn't need DX10 like you say, Aero is DX9. It shouldn't even need that. Some linux distros pull off the same and better effects but can do it on 1/3 the power.

it needs dx10 to run it's best and obviously to run current games which again are designed for dx10

aero runs just fine on dx9 vid. Name one pc or laptop that is in a current product line that doesn't at least have dx9 capability.

Are you really throwing linux out there? Your mac os has better market penetration than linux. It's irrelevant for the mass market.

this is starting to bore.

It needs 2GB minimum, it needs a dual or quad core processor, it needs a 512mb dx10 video card. That's what it was designed for and that's where it runs as it should. If you haven't noticed it's mid 2008 not 2001. we're not running p3's or p4's anymore. Dual core and 1GB ram is standard on even entry level pc's. dx10 cards are cheap and that is the current standard.

Personally I want my OS to be optimized for current hardware. My ipod nano has 8GBs and it cost $200. Big ram, big hard drives and multicore processors are not for the hardcore PC's anymore, they are the standard and that is what vista is there for.

tikitom windows vista is a flop, everyone knows it, even MS does. Steve ballmer has even gone on to stay vista a "work in progress" And they are pushing up windows 7 because vista is really bad, and they know it. You have to have 4GB of ram for the damn thing to perform decently, and that is just wrong. It took them 5 years to come out with the second worst OS ever. 

Vista may have "good" sales numbers but what MS won't tell you is how many people actually reverted back to XP.

It was designed for 2gb and runs very well on it. Have you priced memory lately? I can get 2 gigs for less than it costs to fill my gas tank.. Not kidding, my car takes 91 or better and that just hit $4.71 here.

again with the vista is a flop opnion stated as a fact. That is not a fact that is an opnion and to state "everybody knows it" is a complete fallacy.

Jeez

Three things about this thread:

The OP buys his putes at walmart and his biggest vista gripe is the cost. Conclusion: He's poor

The one who added the poll has no concept of objective polling. He preloaded it with "a flop like vista"

Vista is not a flop and is at a better adoption rate since release than XP was in the same time period.

I was a beta tester for XP and for Vista. I find it amusing that whenever a new version comes out the masses cry about how the previous was better, then over time adopt the newer version and learn it so when the next gen comes along they can cry about how what they currently have is better