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So you don’t rush out and buy vista and then find your machine is not capable of even installing the new OS!! Microsoft has on their website a program which you can download and then run. The program then evaluates the computers current software and hardware configuration and then recommends any upgrades to the machine if they are needed. You can download the Microsoft Vista upgrade advisor from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx or just got to www.microsoft.com/vista and follow the links to get ready. A basic windows capable PC requires the following system hardware:

A Windows Vista Capable PC includes at least:
• A modern processor (at least 800MHz1).
• 512 MB of system memory.
• A graphics processor that is DirectX 9 capable.