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| Thread ID: 78084 | 2007-04-02 10:50:00 | vista is a beautiful lemon | Blade2 (6577) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 537689 | 2007-04-02 11:27:00 | I run windows xp on my laptop. 600mhz celeron, 192mb ram. Runs fine. |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 537690 | 2007-04-02 11:34:00 | All things are relative. What do you do on the latop? I run my XP laptop with 512MB and do mostly writing and web browsing on it. I run my XP desktop with 2GB and do photo and video editing and game playing. Each runs fine at the tasks I do on it. With too little RAM, the OS leaves insufficient for some apps or multitasking. 1GB is the sensible starting point for general use on a Vista PC. Two people could run it on 512MB, with one only using a word processor or web browsing and having no issues, while the second thinks it stinks cause it won't play Supreme Commander without choking. RAM is a cheap upgrade, especially at time of purchase with a Dell. |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 537691 | 2007-04-02 11:42:00 | also depends on what bloatware is bundled with the pc. one of the HP's i worked on (98se,32meg i think) was so slow it could barly run a browser. i swear the manafactures simply replace current OS with new OS without any reguard for hardware. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 537692 | 2007-04-02 11:43:00 | Shoot the sales person alright; those damn monkeys don't have a clue. However at this point I should mention her brother, an IT guru (like us), said to her the minimum was 1GB. But she ignored his advice! | Blade2 (6577) | ||
| 537693 | 2007-04-02 11:46:00 | Shoot the sales person alright; those damn monkeys don't have a clue . However at this point I should mention her brother, an IT guru (like us), said to her the minimum was 1GB . But she ignored his advice! Family . Family are always the worst offenders . . . |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 537694 | 2007-04-02 11:50:00 | Yeah but what pisses me off most is not having a choice, I am looking at another pc but I won't touch Vista if I can avoid it not until the hoo haa gets sorted out and the OS is stable. Sometime around 2009 I think should do it. | Blade2 (6577) | ||
| 537695 | 2007-04-02 12:13:00 | I'm moving back to Vista Ultimate again next week. I had 2GB for it, mind you. 512MB may be the cause of the slowness. Is it Vista Premium or Vista Basic? Whether it is Basic or Premium, I think Vista would do best with 1GB or more. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 537696 | 2007-04-02 20:13:00 | All things are relative. What do you do on the latop? I run my XP laptop with 512MB and do mostly writing and web browsing on it. I run my XP desktop with 2GB and do photo and video editing and game playing. Each runs fine at the tasks I do on it. Web Browsing, Software Developemnt, Watching Movies etc Even decodes highly compressed video pretty well :) |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 537697 | 2007-04-02 21:14:00 | There is no friggen choice either; you can't buy a new pc laptop without it . Actually you can . My suppliers still have laptops with XP on them . Of course the new models as they arrive are infested with Vista, but there are still XP laptops around . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 537698 | 2007-04-04 03:51:00 | Could an enterprising retailer delete the Vista installation, destroy the stickers and sell the computer as an "Enhanced Pro Version" at a premium price? :confused: Some times it is better to defer a purchase and be thought a fool, than to buy Vista and remove all doubt . |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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