http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/28/microsoft-lowered-vista-requirements-to-help-intel-sell-incompat/
( -or- http://tinyurl.com/yuxrjq )
From TFA:
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...although Intel's 915 chipset was initially rejected as compatible
with Vista, MS execs flatly admit that "In the end, we lowered the
requirements to help Intel make their quarterly earnings so they could
continue to sell motherboards with the 915 graphics embedded"
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