- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Oh, god, those dreaded Vista stickers.
I think Igg covered it in better detail, but just so you know...
Firstoff, Vista will come in several flavors, from the toned down version that is aesthetically no different from a smoother-running WinXP, all the way up to the Ultimate version, with eye candy, transparent "glass" effects, etc, etc. The base version is basically a reskinned WinXP.
Now, when a computer says Vista Ready, it meanst that the computer can run Vista. Sort of.
In truth, that sticker means the computer can at least run the basest, most dumbed down version of Vista around. The basic version, that offers almost no features (no TV recording, no media center built in, not even support for dualcores, etc, etc), is the actual edition that can run on Vista Ready PCs. There are, of course, some PCs out there that actually meet the requirements of Vista Ultimate, but the safest way to check is to check up the requirements yourself.