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<blockquote data-quote="dan828" data-source="post: 337487" data-attributes="member: 8468"><p>Much of the stories about the need to upgrade your computer to run Vista are way overstated. Vista runs fine on older computers with decent specs. I have it on a couple year old P4 3.2Ghz and 1Gig of ram with an ATI X800 and it runs perfectly fine, including with games (HL2, Medival TW2, etc). The "Windows Experience Index" score is 3.9, IIRC. </p><p></p><p>That said, the iMac is a really nice computer. My father bought a new 24" last friday and I've been seething with jealousy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />. I installed Vista Home Premium on it yesterday using bootcamp and it runs like a champ, with an index score of 4.5 (the 24" has a better video chipset than the smaller ones though).</p><p></p><p>The real trade off you end up with on the iMac is a lack of ability to upgrade it later on. You can't just pop in a new graphics card and speed things up for the new generation of games, and I'm pretty sure that the graphics cards in the macs are not Direct X 10 compatible (though nothing much at all really is these days).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dan828, post: 337487, member: 8468"] Much of the stories about the need to upgrade your computer to run Vista are way overstated. Vista runs fine on older computers with decent specs. I have it on a couple year old P4 3.2Ghz and 1Gig of ram with an ATI X800 and it runs perfectly fine, including with games (HL2, Medival TW2, etc). The "Windows Experience Index" score is 3.9, IIRC. That said, the iMac is a really nice computer. My father bought a new 24" last friday and I've been seething with jealousy ;). I installed Vista Home Premium on it yesterday using bootcamp and it runs like a champ, with an index score of 4.5 (the 24" has a better video chipset than the smaller ones though). The real trade off you end up with on the iMac is a lack of ability to upgrade it later on. You can't just pop in a new graphics card and speed things up for the new generation of games, and I'm pretty sure that the graphics cards in the macs are not Direct X 10 compatible (though nothing much at all really is these days). [/QUOTE]
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