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Friday, October 27, 2006
Vista system may need more memory, Dell CEO says
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista computer operating system may need double the amount of main memory recommended by the world's biggest software maker, Dell Inc. Chief Executive Kevin Rollins said.
"I think they tell you maybe 1 gig of memory is OK," Rollins said Thursday at a speech at Shanghai's Jiaotong University, referring to Microsoft's recommendations. "No. Two gigs of memory would be great."
Microsoft's latest version of Windows, running more than two years late, is boosting demand for memory chips made by companies such as Samsung Electronics Co. Vista will increase sales of personal computers worldwide after its release next year as people buy new computers that can support the operating system, Rollins said.
"Everyone is going to want Vista when it's ready," Rollins said. Round Rock, Texas-based Dell is vying for top place among the world's PC makers with Hewlett-Packard Co.
Vista will require "at least" 1 gigabyte of system memory, Microsoft's Web site says, one-third more than the average 750 megabytes currently installed in most new PCs, according to a Sept. 19 report by Citigroup Inc. It costs $185 to upgrade a Dell Dimension E520 desktop computer to 2 gigabytes of memory from 512 megabytes, according to the company's Web site. That is more than triple the cost of upgrading the PC to 1 gigabyte.
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