Will this computer be able to handle Windows Longhorn?

[Solodays]

1.3 celeron, 512mb ram, onboard video card. I probably have to upgarde to a video card, other than that, will i meet the requirements?

 

[Chaotic42]

Probably, but you'll almost certainly have at least one more system by the time it is released. I wouldn't put any more money into that system anyway.

 

[bacillus]

hmm, thought Longhorn required at least a 2GHz cpu??

 

[Nothinman]

XP's minimum requirements are 233Mhz and 64M memory, I really doubt the Longhorn min requirements will be anything like what you'll actually want to use it on.

 

[MrChad]

What a silly question. How can we possibly speculate on the hardware requirements of unreleased software?

 

[bsobel]

"Microsoft is expected to recommend that the "average" Longhorn PC feature a dual-core CPU running at 4 to 6GHz; a minimum of 2 gigs of RAM; up to a terabyte of storage; a 1 Gbit, built-in, Ethernet-wired port and an 802.11g wireless link; and a graphics processor that runs three times faster than those on the market today. "

 

[P0ldy]

That's supposedly FUD, bsobel.

From the article the started it all:

"That's according to developer sources close to the company. Microsoft officials would not comment on the Longhorn reference implementation."

Microsoft hasn't said anything officially. This comes from "developer sources" "close" to the company. Not even lowly developers "at" Microsoft.

 

[drag]

Originally posted by: MrChad
What a silly question. How can we possibly speculate on the hardware requirements of unreleased software?

By looking at what runs the developer releases and looking at Microsoft's past history.

I am pretty sure that you'd be able to run it just fine on the computer that the grandparent post shown. Even the video card will work, even without drivers (which I expect would be the biggest deal).

Not that you'd actually want to use it for anything, but it would work.

 

[SinNisTeR]

Originally posted by: Solodays
1.3 celeron, 512mb ram, onboard video card. I probably have to upgarde to a video card, other than that, will i meet the requirements?

im sure that will meet the minimum requirements.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: P0ldy
That's supposedly FUD, bsobel.

Well, it's certainly not the minimum specs, but it is about right for the new machine configuration (where most people will get Longhorn) shipping at that time. I'm willing to bet it's not far off at all. The biggest question is probably the 2gig min.

Bill

 

[gobucks]

It'll probably meet the minimum requirements, but it will basically just be windows XP. With all of the stuff that MS "decoupled" from Longhorn in order to meet its deadlines, (that's a nice way of saying they are delaying most of the cool features of the OS, like Avalon, Indigo, WinFS, etc.), Longhorn will hardly be anything more than XP with a couple of reworkings, so it will probably work, but there won't be much of a point in upgrading that PC. You will need a 9800 Pro to at least to enable Avalon, and that card will run like crap with a 1.3GHz celeron. You'd be much better buying a budget socket 939 system for around $500 + $200 for longhorn, as opposed to $175 + $200 for the 9800 Pro and OS alone. $700 v. $375 doesn't seem like such a big difference when you're talking about getting a whole new PC. Try this - A64 3000+ - $140. Chaintech VNF4/Ultra - $90. 2x512MB Corsair Value RAM - $90 or 2x1GB Corsair Value RAM - $180. nVidia 6600GT - $160. $480 for a 1GB RAM system or $560 for a 2GB RAM system, both of which are 3+ times faster than your current PC, not even mentioning video, which is probably like 20 times faster, at least.


This is a good idea because
1) Longhorn is going to be primarily x64, with IA32 being kind of a legacy product. All new AMD chips and most Intel ones are x64 right now.
2) Longhorn's main new features (which will come a bit later) like Avalon, Indigo, and WinFS, will need a lot more CPU firepower than a 1.3GHz Celeron.
3) While the "Dual Core 4-6GHz" numbers were likely estimated back before Intel hit its wall with netburst, and assumed that we'd be hitting 10GHz here pretty shortly, dual core will be very important to longhorn, as it's task scheduler is being reworked to take advantage of DC chips. As such, moving to a platform that will let you grab dual core when it gets cheap enough (i.e. socket 939) makes a lot of sense.

 

[Solodays]

9800rpo? I really dont feel the need to upgrade my video card since i dont play games on my pc.

 

[thegorx]

Originally posted by: Solodays
1.3 celeron, 512mb ram, onboard video card. I probably have to upgarde to a video card, other than that, will i meet the requirements?

512mb pc133 ?
does your system have an agp slot ?
most of the intel board like this I've seen with onboard video have no agp
and no way to totally disable the onboard video
also I've seen intel board of this kind also start having problems with usb
some of the ports stop working.

my suggestion is not to put any more money in a 1.3 celeron, 512mb ram, onboard video card system leave it as is and let it go.