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Is my computer compatible with vista? Although i purchased this computer back in 2003, is going to be compatible? Here are my computer specs:

Brand name: HP
Model number: Pavilion a210n
Primary HDD: Western Digital 160gig (Upgraded from Maxtor 80gig)
Secondary HDD: Seagate 100gig
Primary optical drive: Samsung DVD-ROM
Secondary optical drive: I/O Magic DVD-RW (Upgraded from CD-RW)
CPU: Intel(R) Celeron @ 2500 Mhz
Memory Installed: 512 MB (2x256) (upgraded from 256mb)
Chipset: Intel 2560 rev 3
OS: Windows XP Home edition
ACPI Revision: 1.0
BIOS Date: 04/25/03
BIOS Type: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0
BIOS ID: 31891.HPD.0000.D.0304251530
BIOS ROM In Socket: No

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/wind ... 05075.aspx

In theory: yes.
In all practicality: no.

There's a good reason to stay away from Vista right now. One of them being it having the same problem as every previous OS from Microsoft: it has flaws and the whole world will be hunting to find and abuse them. Better wait until after the first service pack, by that time you'll more than likely upgrade your PC for a new one which includes a copy of Vista and not at a premium price.

Thanks for the link edwin. The link you gave me had a link for the upgrade advisor software (link down below). I used it and it says my PC is compatible with vista, but only with home basic. But like you said, i will wait for the first service pack comes out.


http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid= ... lcid=0x409