I am thinking of putting together a system with the sole purpose of testing Windows Vista, whenever I can get my hands on it legally. Which means probably after it is relased, or whenever MS is shipping it as a part of the Partner Program software packs. My goal is to be able to play around with it a bit and make a decision on whether it is ready for use as my main OS, and so I can support people who are using it.
Basically I want to make the whole system as cheap as possible. Right now I am thinking of something along the lines of a MicroATX AMD socket 754 system. I remember seeing an Abit KV-85 at a local shop for like $25 because it was missing all of the cables. If they still have it I will probably pick it up and use that as the base for the system. I am thinking like 1GB of RAM, 20GB HD, and whatever CPU I can pick up cheaply will do. All I am looking to do is get it installed and running decntly, no extra applications or real work will be done.
For those who have been playing with the beta, will these specs be usable? Or should I be looking to something more up to date to even test this OS? I am starting this now so that I can just pick up the various parts I need as I find a good deal, and have a system ready when I get the OS.
Basically I want to make the whole system as cheap as possible. Right now I am thinking of something along the lines of a MicroATX AMD socket 754 system. I remember seeing an Abit KV-85 at a local shop for like $25 because it was missing all of the cables. If they still have it I will probably pick it up and use that as the base for the system. I am thinking like 1GB of RAM, 20GB HD, and whatever CPU I can pick up cheaply will do. All I am looking to do is get it installed and running decntly, no extra applications or real work will be done.
For those who have been playing with the beta, will these specs be usable? Or should I be looking to something more up to date to even test this OS? I am starting this now so that I can just pick up the various parts I need as I find a good deal, and have a system ready when I get the OS.