If I were running a home computer, I think I'd consider Vista or wait for 7 overtop of XP. However, contrary to other opinions here, I wouldn't dream of running Vista on any less than a dual core with 2 gig of RAM. I run Vista on a quad core with 4 gig of RAM at home and it flies. But I ran it on a dual core with a gig of RAM. It ran pretty good... until I opened a program. Then it seemed to tank on me.
However, if I were running a business or I was a director of technology at a school district, I would absolutely not consider Vista... We have 2,000 computers. 3 of them are Vista. Those 3 have caused enough headaches to just avoid that direction.
We are, however, looking forward to Windows 7 and plan to upgrade the entire district around this time next year.
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Originally Posted by carnageX  That depends on what you are doing with the OS. Large apps (i.e. games), yes you'll need more space. Basic stuff? Not necessarily... Plus if you turn off the resources that eat up space (system restore, hibernation, shadow copies) then more space is significantly taken down for the requirement. I believe the minimum requirement for both 7 and Vista are 20GB. |
I run Vista on an 80gb partition. I have several games installed (CS, CS Source, L4D, UO, and several others), along with your basic apps like firefox, office 07, etc. I believe I'm using in the market of 50-55gb of space.