RAM, yes 512MB is the norm. Not that you should pay the ass-raping
prices vendors want to upgrade to 512MB, 1 stick, etc... but you should
have that even if you have to buy the system with lowest RAM & upgrade
3rd party.
Desktop? Screw that, name one good reason to use the 3d to render a 2d
desktop?
I had not thought of it, but the laptop thing with more power
consumption makes sense. Personally I even ramp my CPU down to max
battery when I am not going to do CPU intensive stuff.
Worst thing they did with XP was that start menu & locking you into MS
only themes, oh and the brain-dead Home version.
Eli Allen wrote:
So you think the system requirements for software should never increase?
512 megs of ram isn't that uncommon these days.
As to Aero, whats wrong with requiring full DX 9 hardware with 128 megs
of ram? You don't need to run Aero to use Vista so they were right in
designing Aero for the future, remember its a complete redesign of the
UI to move it all into 3d and better to do it all at once then a small
piece at a time. No need to design it so it can run on less powerful
hardware as that would limit it from its full potential. Think about it
from the perspective of a programmer, should they be forced to target
the UI they make for their apps to run on a multitude of UI renders?
Wouldn't it be much better for them to assume an Aero UI can take
advantage of everything?
