What is Windows Vista? Windows Vista is Microsoft's next-generation operating system due out in early 2007. Previously referred to as "Longhorn," Windows Vista introduces clear ways to organize and use information to help people focus on what's most important. Security Multi-Tiered Data Protection Reliability and Performance Deployment Manageability Productivity

What is a Windows Vista Capable PC?

Select Fujitsu mobile PCs feature the Windows Vista™ Capable PC logo. This logo gives you the assurance that your system meets the hardware requirements for running the next-generation operating system. With an OS upgrade, your Fujitsu notebook or Tablet PC will be able to provide great new features and functionality to work with the next generation of applications, devices, and peripherals. 

Eligible Models – all Fujitsu LifeBook® notebooks and Tablet PCs that carry the Vista™ Capable PC logo.

Hardware Requirements

Windows Vista Capable PCs need to pass the current certification requirements for "Designed for Windows XP" logo. In addition, these PCs need the following combination of essential PC hardware for good overall Windows Vista performance:

• CPU — PC systems should have a modern CPU.
• RAM — PC systems should have 512MB of memory or more.
• GPU — PC systems should have a DirectX 9 class graphics processor.

All Windows Vista Capable PCs will run the core experiences of Windows Vista, such as innovations in organizing and finding information, security, and reliability. Some features available in premium editions of Windows Vista–like the new Windows Aero™ user interface–require advanced or additional hardware. Check www.microsoft.com for details.

What is Aero and how can I experience it?

Windows Aero user experience offers additional benefits of enhanced visual quality (glitch-free window redrawing), improved productivity (which includes real-time thumbnail previews, new 3-D task switching, interface scaling, etc.) and visual style (which includes translucent window frames and taskbar, enhanced transitional effects, etc.) when running premium versions of Windows Vista.

To enable Windows Aero, PC systems must meet the following criteria for graphics hardware, with either discrete or UMA solutions:

1. DirectX 9 class graphics hardware that supports WDDM and Pixel Shader 2.0
2. A minimum of 32 bits per pixel
3. Appropriate graphics memory for specified monitor resolutions expressed as total pixels (X dimension multiplied by Y dimension):
   • 64MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolution of 1,310,720 pixels (equivalent to 1280 x 1024) or less
   • 128MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 1,310,720 pixels and less than or equal to 2,304,000 pixels (equivalent to 1920 x 1200)
   • 256MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels
4. Graphics memory bandwidth, as assessed by Windows Vista’s built in system assessment tool WinSAT.EXE, of at least 1,800MB/s at following resolution:
   • Desktop PC: at a monitor resolution of 1,310,720 pixels (equivalent to 1280 x 1024)
   • Mobile PC: at the native resolution of built-in display

Visit Microsoft's site for more information
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