A version of the Windows NT operating system | |
Screenshot of Windows Vista Ultimate, showing its desktop, taskbar, Start menu, Windows Sidebar, Welcome Center and glass effects of Windows Aero | |
Developer | Microsoft |
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Released to manufacturing | November 8, 2006; 12 years ago[2] |
General availability | January 30, 2007; 12 years ago[3] |
Final release | Service Pack 2 (6.0.6002)[4] / May 26, 2009; 10 years ago[5] |
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Platforms | IA-32 and x86-64 |
Kernel type | Hybrid |
License | |
Preceded by | Windows XP (2001) |
Succeeded by | Windows 7 (2009) |
Official website | web.archive.org/web/20090326045839/http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/default.aspx |
Support status | |
Mainstream support ended on April 10, 2012 Extended support ended on April 11, 2017[6] |
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Component of PC | Minimum required | Recommended |
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Processor | 800MHz | 1GHz |
Memory | 512MB (384MB for Starter edition) | 1GB |
Graphics card | Super VGA | WDDM 1.0-compliant 32 bits per pixel DirectX 9.0 support Pixel Shader 2.0 support |
Graphics memory | N/A | 128MB |
Total HDD capacity | 20GB | 40GB |
Free HDD space | 15GB | 15GB |
Optical drives | CD-ROM drive | DVD-ROM drive |
Others | N/A | TV tuner card(Premium, Ultimate) Touchscreen(Premium, Business, Ultimate) USB flash drive(Ultimate) Trusted Platform Module(Ultimate) |
Edition | Processor architecture | |
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IA-32 | x64 | |
Ultimate | 4GB | 128GB |
Enterprise | ||
Business | ||
Home Premium | 16GB | |
Home Basic | 8GB | |
Starter | 1GB | N/A |