With Vista, you will find that "handle" depends more on the available memory than the processor. The Core 2 Duo supports EM64T, so it is physically capable of running Vista.
Yes. Windows Vista fully supports quad-core processors.
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No. Windows XP supports dual-core processors as well, although arguably not as efficiently as Vista.
Yes. Intel core 2 Duo is completely compatible with Windows vista Ultimate both 32bit and 64 bit
On the programming level, everythins is new starting from the core and finishing with drivers and interface. Also, vista Aero Glass requires pixel shaders 2.0. Practically it's not better than windows xp.
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Yes. All versions of Windows 7, including Home Premium, fully support dual core processors (both intel and AMD).
Yes. Generally speaking, any game that will run in Vista should run in Windows 7. At their core, they're the same OS.
Ntoskrnl.exe is located in |%systemroot%\system32 folder of the boot partition (usually C:\Windows\system32) It is a core component of the OS executive and Kernel services
There is no 128-bit edition of Windows.
Windows versions 1.x-3.x, 9x, ME are DOS-based; NT, 200x, XP, Vista are not.
Recommended requirements are: CPU: Core 2 Duo 3.2 GHz or Core-i series GPU: GeForce 9800 GT or better 2GB RAM (3GB or more if using Windows Vista or Windows 7 , recommended most of the DDR3 RAMs) Windows Xp/Windows 7 or Linux 32bit/64bit see related link