Will T42 or T43 support the future Microsoft Vista?

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mzd · #1 Post by **mzd** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:30 pm

Will T42 or T43 support the future Microsoft Vista? Or only Due core processor can support it? Thanks,

brentpresley · #2 Post by **brentpresley** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:05 pm

Almost anything that runs XP will run Vista, you just may not get the slick graphics for those. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I think you need a DirectX 9 capable graphics card to run the Aero Glass.

This was the most detailed article I found on it:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1886829,00.asp

Looks like 64MB RAM, 32-bit color, and descrite graphics are possibly the BASELINE.

nirvana0001 · #3 Post by **nirvana0001** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 4:53 pm

I think t42 with 9600 would be good enough.
but t43 with x300 just kind of weak to run it.

danny_isr · #4 Post by **danny_isr** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:49 am

nirvana0001 wrote:I think t42 with 9600 would be good enough.
but t43 with x300 just kind of weak to run it.

huh ?

dr_st · #5 Post by **dr_st** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:03 am

Both 9600 and X300 should be sufficient for Vista's fancy graphics theme.

danny_isr · #6 Post by **danny_isr** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:40 am

only a non owner of T43-x300 can write something like that

leif · #7 Post by **leif** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:17 am

Imagine there's no laptops.
Imagine all the people living without vista

danny_isr · #8 Post by **danny_isr** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:28 am

leif wrote:Imagine there's no laptops.
Imagine all the people living without vista

i can imagine that , and go back to my 486 on OS/2 !

#9 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:29 am

leif wrote:Imagine there's no laptops.
Imagine all the people living without vista

Imagine no possesions,
I wonder if you can. JL

DIGITALgimpus · #10 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:37 am

Love the John Lennon reference.

According to Mictosoft, the T43 is a good computer to test vista on. Especially with the x300.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/07/vista_requirements/

naro · #11 Post by **naro** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:22 pm

my T42 with ATI 7500 certainly can't make the cut...

danny_isr · #12 Post by **danny_isr** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:28 pm

naro wrote:my T42 with ATI 7500 certainly can't make the cut...

i will just wait and see ....

Conmee · #13 Post by **Conmee** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:30 am

The T42 and T42p (MR9600 and FireGL T2) both run the latest Vista CTP build just fine, albeit somewhat slow. The T42p does a much better job with Glass simply because it has more video memory. The T43 with X300 runs Vista fine as well. The ATI MR7500 and MR9000 will NOT run Glass (you need a DirectX 9 chip that supports shaders and other features, and the MR7500/9000 don't), nor will the Intel Media Graphics 900 (although the 950 supposedly can handle Glass, assuming you have alot of RAM for it to share).

Daniel.

Will T42 or T43 support the future Microsoft Vista?

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