Re: Vista
- From: "The Todal" <deadmailbox@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:16:49 +0100
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"The Todal" <deadmailbox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Actually, I'm now wondering whether the slow speed of the laptop (which
is fitted with something like 512mb of RAM) is due to the bloatware
anti-virus packages that came preinstalled. But I still can't see any
advantage Vista has over XP, if your objective is to run your programs
fast and efficiently.
I suspect the slow speed is more related top the 512Mb of RAM - I'm
surprised Vista runs at all in such a small amount. XP may not be your
answer, because it's really rather small for a worthwhile XP installation
as well.
In my office we have numerous machines still running XP very well with 256
mb of RAM. Mainly Microsoft Word and Outlook and some proprietory accounts
software.
No doubt gaming would be quite a different matter. For gaming, you'd need
about 1gb last year, 2gb this year and probably 5gb next year. Except that
apparently anything over 3gb is likely to be no more than a placebo:
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2091227,00.html
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