vista on new macmini?

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shady104shady104
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
will vista ultimate run properly on the new mac mini? does it have a proper video card?

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    homeboy87homeboy87 Posts: 42member
    Vista basic should be alright if you can live with all the Aero glass eye candy.
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    joe_the_dragonjoe_the_dragon Posts: 931member
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    will vista ultimate run properly on the new mac mini? does it have a proper video card?



    will need more ram and the mini gma 950 that sucks up system ram for video does not help and the gma 950 is a very poor 3d chip.
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    shady104shady104 Posts: 332member
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    Vista basic should be alright if you can live with all the Aero glass eye candy.



    thats what i wanna make sure works the aero thing. if not ill just pick up xp.
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    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
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    thats what i wanna make sure works the aero thing. if not ill just pick up xp.



    Honestly, you will go like ooh, ah, for like 3 hours at the Aero Glass thing, and then you'll be like, why the HELL did I spend all that money on hardware upgrades for VISTA???



    Save yourself the trouble and just use XP2 Pro. The Mac Mini Core 2 Duo with 1GB RAM will run XP2 Pro smooth in Bootcamp. If you're not gaming, there's no need for any video card better than the GMA950.
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