Re: OT: Vista

On Dec 22, 9:41 am, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"LX-i" <lxi0...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

RAM is the key to making Vista hum. My son's Vista machine has 512MB - and, while I've been able to make it a little more
responsive, sluggish is it's MO. My wife's Vista machine has 1GB - on it, the processes and extra things are what makes the
difference. When she's doing photo editing, it takes its time, but otherwise, it's responsive enough. It's a dual 64-bit
machine, and I would think it should be more responsive. However, it's still faster than her previous one. My work computer has
2GB RAM, and it works fine - runs Aero and all the fancy eye candy without batting an eyelash. It has a dual 32-bit processor.

In the point of my son's machine - even if it's a brand new machine, it may be underpowered in the RAM department. Also, separate
video RAM makes a big difference, especially when dealing with the eye candy. If the processor has to do the regular work *and*
do all the display work, it's going to be slower than it would if something else handled the display.

In my son's case, he has 4GB RAM, and (he says) the fastest Intel dual
core CPU available at the moment, and a super fast graphics card (he's
into gaming). He just got it this week. Why a machine like that would be
sluggish beats me.

If it is not running 64bit Windows then the 4Gb is wasted, much of it
won't be addressed.

If it is 64bit you may find there are more compatibility problems than
with 32bit Vista.

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