Windows Vista: Microsoft's Terminator

[Hammer]

Samuar wrote:
Either way, its a very poor operating system "designed" for the (l)user classes.

I get the feeling my Intel Pentium 4 3.0Ghz with 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD won't be enough for it; in the same way people laughably install XP on Pentium IIs.

One may need Intel Pentium IV with EMT64 support (16 register GPR and 16 XMM model) and DX9 GPU** (64MB minimum). Intel has licensed PowerVR Series 5(DX9) for their next base level.
   

[Hammer]

the Pentium-M, which IMHO is the best Mobile chip available at the moment.

Note that AMD's Turion 64 already rivals Intel's Dothan.
Refer to
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=51&threadid=1635962&STARTPAGE=2&enterthread=y
 
Unlike Dothan, AMD Turion 64 has support for SSE3 and X64 ISA.