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April 12, 2006

Microsoft Code Names Successor to Vista

Gizmodo:

According to insiders, Microsoft has code-named its next version of Windows, calling it Fiji. So that’s right, Fiji is the next version after Vista, and we’re also hearing that after Fiji will be Vienna.

It makes sense. People from the Windows team at Microsoft need a way to identify the versions of Windows to which they are postponing a new feature of Vista each day.

April 5, 2006

If You're Ready for Vista, Vista is Ready for 512MB

Gizmodo says: If You’re Ready for Vista, Vista is Ready for 512MB.

While Vista probably won’t be out until after the holidays […] you’ll need at least 512MB of RAM (Read “2GB”) and a DirectX 9 graphics processor (Read “a Cray”) to just boot up.

I don’t see how it’s a problem. By the time Vista ships, every new PC will outperform these requirements by an order of magnitude and any two year old machine will meet them, so every working PC will be able to run Vista.

Do not meddle in the affairs of Coding Ninjas, for they are subtle and quick to anger.