Use OLD OSs for old hardware. Vista is a new OS for newer
hardware.....and increasingly so, newer machines come with stuff that
Vista can run on...so it's not really about requiring new hardware, but
using the hardware that's already there and/or available...
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?
