MS Exam 70-620 Notes 001 - Hardware and Versions [Vista]

As staff is doing the 70-620 training for Windows Vista here are a few good items that they felt we should spotlight.

Run the "Upgrade Advisor" it will help determine if:

• The processor is at least 800MHz and match the version with the 32bit and 64bit processor
• That the RAM is the minium 512MB or 1GB reccommended 1GB is met.
• Confirms that the Hard Disk Drive is 20GB for the estimated 7GB installation size.
• For the Graphics card with "Aero" you will need
  
  - DirectX 9 abilty
  - A WDDM Driver
  - Hardward Pixel SHader 2.0
  - 32 bits per pixel
  - 128MB graphics memory

Pick the right edition of Windows Vista (highlights)

• "Starter" has No Domain, No Aero GUI, No Tablet, No Media Center, No inbound network, No Parental Controls, and only 3 applications can run at once, No Full Drive Encryption.
  
• "Home Basic" has No Domain, No Aero GUI, No Tablet, No Media Center, No inbound network, No Full Drive Encryption.
  
• "Home Premium" has No Domain, No Full Drive Encryption.
  
• "Business" has No Media Center, No Full Drive Encryption.
  
• "Enterprise" has No Media Center. Only purchased via SA or EA agreements.
  
• "Ultimate" No limitations.