PC Magazine Windows Vista
Solutions by Mark Justice Hinton
Vista Solutions
From choosing the edition that’s right for you to customizing Vista to make
it your own, this book offers everything you expect from PC Magazine.
You’ll find advice from an expert who was involved in beta testing every
edition and update to Vista. Discover the differences in various editions
and learn to set up Vista to work your way. Get acquainted with new
features like Internet Explorer 7 and the expanded media applications,
including Media Player version 11 and Windows Photo Gallery.
Personal Review: PC Magazine Windows Vista Solutions by
Mark Justice Hinton
This book is an excellent introduction to Windows Vista in many ways. If
you want to learn about Vista because you've gotten it on your new
computer it's great. It has a summary of all the new features and
capabilities that Vista brings. In fact, in my experience there's a point to

recommend Vista that he doesn't mention, i.e. It's a lot more stable than
XP. Vista simply doesn't crash. =
But should you upgrade an older system to Vista. Although this book talks
a fair amount about upgrading to Vista, the author says on his web site that
buying a machine with Vista pre-installed is a lot simpler. That too backs
up my own experience. Vista is a lot more tricky about the hardware
configuration than older systems. You need a lot more memory - 512 MB is
minimum and a gigabyte is recommended. I'd really recommend 2 GB.
Your video card now requires 64 MB, with 256 MB recommended. (Do you
remember when PC's themselves didn't have that much memory?) And
you need a 7200 RPM disk drive.
With the price of PC's these days, it's probably cheaper to buy a new
machine with Vista installed than try to upgrade, especially if you have to
buy memory, video card and a new hard drive.
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