Re: FAO 2 Steves - Dix and White!

On Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:12:37 +0100, "icarusi" <icarusi00@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Chris Bolus" <chrisB@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9758f3pg51tk6hs6i4g8vo47sbt0ss12i3@xxxxxxxxxx

When I bought Holly a laptop I was annoyed to find that it was almost
impossible to find one at the budget end of the market _without_ Vista
(which neither of us wanted). Doubly so as most of those laptops come
with only half Vista's recommended 1Gb RAM.

I think it's less of a problem if you buy a new PC, new Vista certified
programs and hardware together, less so getting existing programs updated
drivers etc. to work well.

But for one thing, neither of us wanted Vista yet the same laptop with
XP costs more!

And for the other, selling a product like a laptop with only half the
recommended RAM for the OS is effectively unfit for purpose (though
you'd never get it past trading standards). We've tried running Vista on
a laptop with only 512Mb, yes it will run, but too slow to be a pleasant
experience.
--
Chris Bolus (change o to zero to reply by email)
A guitar is for life, not just for Christmas!
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