Gotcha: Future PC Vista Ready? Washington DC

New computers must meet certain requirements to earn one of two official Microsoft logos.

Local Companies

Evergreen Computer Services, Inc
(301) 758-2986
12421 Alamanco Way
Washington, DC
Grytek
800-516-0840
11505 Cherry Tree Crossing RD
Cheltenham, MD
NGEN, LLC
(301) 531-9700
1101 Mercantile Lane
Washington, DC
Sophisticated Technologies, Inc.
(301) 731-1015
3311 Grayvine Lane
Washington, DC
L-Soft International, Inc.
(301) 731-0440
8100 Corporate Dr. Suite 350
Washington, DC
Total Service Solutions
(301) 306-7206
4601 Forbes Blvd.
Washington, DC
The Carrington Group, Inc
(202) 726-4441
1818 New York Ave., NE Suite 115
Washington, DC
CGH Technologies, Inc.
(202) 580-7400
600 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC
Enlightened, Inc.
(202) 783-4655
666 11th St., NW
Washington, DC
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If you want to know whether the PC you're thinking about buying can handle Microsoft's upcoming Vista operating system, you'll first have to figure out the company's Byzantine logo-program structure. Microsoft has two different levels of Vista-readiness, each carrying its own logo: Windows Vista Capable and Windows Vista Premium Ready.

Vista Capable PCs need an 800-MHz (or faster) CPU, 512MB of RAM, a DirectX 9-capable graphics processor, and 15GB of free hard-drive space just to run the OS and its "core" features. Windows Vista Premium Ready machines will display the new interface and require a 1-GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, and a DirectX 9-capable GPU that supports WDDM (Windows Display Driver Module), in-hardware Pixel Shader 2.0, and 32 bits per pixel.

For more Vista information, tips, and answers to frequently asked questions, subscribe to PC World's Windows Vista newsletter.

Featured Local Company

Evergreen Computer Services, Inc

(301) 758-2986
12421 Alamanco Way
Washington, DC

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