Now that Microsoft Vista is out in the wild in beta format, questions are starting to built up about moving to this new OS. Some of those questions can be answered now thanks in part to Aviran’s Place.

In a web seminar I watched recently, Microsoft answered some Q&A. I thought you might find this useful information.
Q: Is vista available in both 32bit and 64bit?
A: Yes 64 bit will be the standard for Vista, and 32-bit will be considered legacy.

Q: Will there be 16 bit support?
A: No

Q: Will you be able to upgrade from 32bit to 64?
A: Not sure at this point in time

Q: Does Vista work better with Intel or AMD
processors?
A: Both companies are good and Vista will work well with both.

Q: Will Vista include features from MCE?
A: Some of the Vista versions will

Q: What”s the video card requirement for Vista?
A: Most video cards will work under Vista, however, Vista Beta 1 supports a wide range of graphics cards with LDDM driver support enabling the use of the Aero Glass theme. Some of the latest cards including the NVidia 6800 and 7800 were not LDDM verified at the time of Vista Beta 1 release, but NVidia and ATI both put out Alpha versions of their drivers for Vista for those who own unsupported cards.

Read the complete list of questions and answers here

[via Real Tech News]

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