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Microsoft Makes A Custom PC For The Vista Launch

November 21st, 2006
7 Comments Written by Ryan

Vista Custom PC


There are all kinds of ways that you can celebrate the launch of a new product: a gathering, cake, or even banners. Microsoft is doing it in style though with a custom PC that they teamed up with Dell to build. I have to admit that it does look pretty sweet but what is even cooler than the graphics on the case are the mad specs that this thing has:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 Processor
  • 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
  • 4GB RAM Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM @ 667mhz
  • 1Terabyte RAID0 SATA HDDs (2×500GB)
  • 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW Double Layer Burner
  • Dual TV Tuners (Analog)
  • Dell 30″ Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
  • Full 5.1 Surround Sound

They even capped the thing off by including a 30″ monitor! The Windows Vista Team Blog says that there were a few of these built and one was raffled off at the Windows Vista Ship Party that Microsoft had. I would venture to guess that the whole system setup (without any custom graphic design on the case) would probably run around $6,000 so this beast would be especially awesome to have on hand!

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  1. November 21st, 2006 at 4:54 pm ffextensionguru (All-Star) Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    1Terabyte RAID0 SATA HDDs (2×500MB)

    New math? Shouldn’t that be (2×500GB)? :D

  2. November 21st, 2006 at 6:26 pm SLA Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    At last! Now I know the recommended system requitemenst for Windows Vista!.. I’ll better switch to Mac OS X or Linux. :D

  3. November 21st, 2006 at 6:31 pm Ryan (Author) Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    ffextensionguru wrote:
    1Terabyte RAID0 SATA HDDs (2×500MB)

    New math? Shouldn’t that be (2×500GB)? :D

    Even after you pointed that out I didn’t notice the difference. :) I just copied and pasted the specs so that is kinda funny.

    SLA wrote:
    At last! Now I know the recommended system requitemenst for Windows Vista!.. I’ll better switch to Mac OS X or Linux. :D

    Oh no, this system can’t run Vista because it doesn’t meet the minimum requirements. It would need 8GB of RAM in order to run Vista with just the Basic interface. :D

  4. November 22nd, 2006 at 2:29 am karveira Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    What, no Geforce 8800*??? I won’t buy it, then. :)

    * The GeForce 8800 GPUs are the world’s first to support Microsoft® DirectX® 10, the next-generation programming interface that will be introduced with the upcoming Microsoft Vistaâ„¢ operating system.

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_37234.html

  5. November 22nd, 2006 at 12:48 pm sick Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    also this Machine include a lot of virus!

    My Powermac g5 Quad is ten times more powerful than these shit!

    Microsoft suck´s!

  6. November 27th, 2006 at 3:55 pm Inferno_str1ke (All-Star) Quote this Comment Report this Comment
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    Fancy, but does the basic OS need that powerful a PC just to run 8O

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