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I have xp currently installed.
I want to install vista business on my laptop.

(my laptop's specs are at the bottom)

could you tell me if my laptop is vista capable .
I should have used vista upgrade advisor ... but my current xp installation is kinda
broke down completely , so i could not use it.
could you guess my laptop's windows performance index !!! :)
would I be able to use aero ( with satisfaction ) .
What is pixel shader 2.0 ?(I saw it in the official site, in system requirements for vista)
and will I be able to install wddm driver.
mine is a 64 bit architecture .... is vista business 64 fairly bug free ...?


mine is an acer 5920 laptop ( there are many kinds of laptops with slightly different specs. with the same model name ).

Intel core2duo T5550 1.83 Ghz , 667Mhz FSB , 2MB L2 cache
Mobile intel graphi media accelarator X3100
2GB ram ddr2
intel mobile 965 express chipset family
160GB hd

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Short summary for : , and were right that the machine can run Vista. The replies here missed three practical points people usually need when XP is unusable: what “Pixel Shader 2.0” actually means for Aero, where WDDM/graphics drivers fit into the picture, and an action plan for doing a clean install and getting good performance.

Pixel Shader 2.0 is a DirectX‑9–era GPU capability that lets the graphics chip do per‑pixel lighting and effects. Vista’s Aero (the Desktop Window Manager) needs a DirectX‑9–class GPU plus a WDDM (Vista) driver to enable hardware composition and transparency. If the laptop ends up running an older XPDM driver instead, Aero will fall back to a basic theme even though the OS is installed.

If XP is broken, perform a clean Vista install and then immediately install drivers in this order: chipset → storage/SATA (if required) → vendor/OEM WDDM graphics driver → audio/network. Basic checklist: create Vista Business x64 install media, boot it and choose custom/clean install, then install the chipset and graphics drivers from Acer first (if Acer lacks 64‑bit drivers, Intel’s generic Vista x64 graphics drivers are usually the fallback). After drivers, run Windows Update and install Vista service packs to stabilize things.

Expectations and quick tweaks: integrated graphics can run Aero but often limit the Windows Experience Index’s graphics subscore (that subscore determines how “smooth” Aero feels). If visuals are sluggish, switch to a high‑performance power plan on AC, disable transparency or reduce visual effects, and consider adding more RAM if multitasking feels slow. Vista x64 is reasonably stable once correct drivers and service packs are installed; the main risk is missing vendor drivers for specific peripherals, so confirm driver availability before committing.

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Member Avatar for Doctor Inferno

Yes, it is vista capable.

Member Avatar for jbennet

yeah it should run it fine

i got a lenovo. originally had xp. it has a 1.6 core(1)duo, 2gb of ram, 120gb disk and intel graphics. Runs fine.

Bear in mind you may not get Aero glass on the integrated graphics without some tweaking.

The 2gb of ram is the key bit. With less vista runs slow.

Member Avatar for hollowman1

Hehe, your topic seems a little bit funny, why ?
Because you can just check the requirements of vista and compare to your pc spec. Of course the specs is good. You may run vista freely :)

Mine is only P4 3Ghz, 2gb of Ram, 256 Mb of PCI express card, with 320Gb of HDD only. Still I run Ra3 and NFS simultaneously, no problem (for testing).

Thanks.

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