Microsoft has published recently the minimum requirements to execute Vista Windows and has surprised many, since they are lower of which it expected, coverall was considering which required the betas that have been filtered for a long time.

These requirements have been divided in two: the necessary ones to execute Windows Vista (what it requires a Windows Vista Capable PC) and the necessary ones to execute it in all its power (a Windows Vista Premium Ready PC). The list of necessary specifications is:

Windows Vista Capable PC

• A processor like minimum to 800 MHz
• 512 MB of RAM memory
• Compatible graphical card with DirectX 9

Windows Vista Premium Ready PC

• Processor of 32 or 64 bits to 1 GHz
• 1 GB of RAM memory
• Compatible graphical card with Aero Windows with 128 MB of ram
• hard Disc of 40 GB with 15 free GB
• Reader of DVD
• Card of sound
• Access to Internet

In order to verify if our present computer is prepared to execute Windows Vista, Microsoft it has available program for downloading that will examine the computer and it will show the degree to us of compatibility with Windows Vista, besides to indicate to us that we would have to update so that this works. So far it is a beta version and, in the future, also it will examine the applications that we have installed to verify if they are compatible with Vista.