Any Windows Vista capable machine can run the sample code that accompanies this book and is locate on the companion Web site. The Minimum Requirements for Windows Vista are:
800 megahertz (MHz) processor
512 megabytes (MB) RAM
DirectX 9-capable graphic processor
20 gigabytes (GB) hard disk drive capacity with 15GB available space
To get a better Windows Vista experience, including Windows Aero visual effects, your computer needs to meet these minimum requirements:
1GHz processor
1 GB of system memory
DirecteX 9-capable graphics processor with a Windows Vista Display Driver Model (WDDM) driver, 128 GB of graphics memory (if the GPU uses dedicated memory otherwise, no additional graphics memory is required), Pixel Shader 2.0 and 32 bits per pixel.
40 GB hard disk drive capacity with 15 GB available space
Internal or external DVD-ROM drive
Audio output capability
Internet access capability