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mike1990
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30. January 2007 @ 15:29 |
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hi, i was just about to go to the store and buy Windows Vista because of all the great things i heard about it when it hit me. I didn't know if i meet the requirements.
I have a:
Compaq Presario S4100NX
2.5 GHZ
256 mb
80 GB hard drive
have internet, dvd drive, and everything. I pass everything with flying colors except for the 256 mb i need 512.
Is their any way in which i can still run it.
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mike1990
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30. January 2007 @ 15:33 |
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sorry
256 RAM MEMORY I NEED 512 RAM MEMORY CAN I STILL RUN IT
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Auslander
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30. January 2007 @ 16:44 |
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4 points:
1.) Don't use Vista.
2.) Don't use Vista.
3.) *if* you manage to get it to work, it will run like an obese, elderly paraplegic on a bad day.
4.) Don't use Vista.
read the thread Thoughts on Vista. if you still want to use it, then you haven't read enough.
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bojan087
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30. January 2007 @ 17:00 |
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today i bought my new laptop which has vista, lets just say that my task manager uses 677mb right now with only aim/mozilla open out of the 2 gb that came with it. i'd say wait a little bit, read what people have to say from experiance and decide at that time
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Auslander
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30. January 2007 @ 17:23 |
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the beautiful thing is that you can always go back to XP and experience a performance gain.
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bojan087
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30. January 2007 @ 17:24 |
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yea but for example if i did that all my accessories that came with the computer wouldnt be there anymore, it would be like a new hard drive
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30. January 2007 @ 17:43 |
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Originally posted by bojan087:
yea but for example if i did that all my accessories that came with the computer wouldnt be there anymore, it would be like a new hard drive
I like new hard drives.
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
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30. January 2007 @ 17:47 |
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Auslander am I reading you right,your not a fan of Vista? IMOHo I think it's neat for everyone to own but us. My thoughts are it'd be like having two ex wives instead of one.maybe down the road a year or so from now possibly but what MS is doing with their pricing and limitations on Vista and the new Office, i have no temptations. I switched from MS office to Open office with no regrets except the money I paid MS for office.I like the XP but still think 2000 was the greatest proggy except for the driver issue. But it keeps a clean machine without a lot of extra garbage. Chris
GrandpaBW I also like new hard drives.
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bojan087
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30. January 2007 @ 17:47 |
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i do too, but it be a sham for example if i installed my windows home on this computer to lose my webcam, and all the little short cut keys and all the free software that came with the computer, they both have their advantages and disadvantages i suppose
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30. January 2007 @ 18:02 |
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mike1990
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30. January 2007 @ 18:22 |
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that gave me alot to think about. I will wait like a week or two and get peoples opinion about it. Then i will make my decision. But if i say yes can i still install it even thought i need 512 mb of ram and i only have 256 mb
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30. January 2007 @ 18:58 |
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mike1990 all the reading I've done and inthat thread i gave you the link to,all reports i've read says Vista uses about 660 mb of ram for just normal function and somebody correct me if I'm wrong the DRM is going to stop the backing up of your DVD's I'd say you actually are going to need at least a gig of ram and a lot of the sound cards Video cards at this point aren't Vista compatible . With what you've got if I was going to make the switch I'd wait a month and see what pops up in that Vista thread. This is in my own opinion. Chris
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The_Fiend
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31. January 2007 @ 02:01 |
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Vista will not run steadily *or not at all sometimes* with less then 1GB of RAM, and Vista Ultimate won't run with under 2GB of RAM, and doesn't even start running nicely *full speed* with anything short of 3GB of RAM.
Taking that, the fact that most AVS software is still unsupported to a big extent, and further issues into account, the verdict is simple :
VISTA SUCKS. Microsoft can go and stick it where the sun don't shine as far as i'm concerned.
irc://arcor.de.eu.dal.net/wasted_hate
Wanna tell me off, go ahead.
I dare ya !
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ddp
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31. January 2007 @ 07:14 |
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mike, wait for a few months to see what other people think of vista once they get it but in the meantime get more ram!!
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mike1990
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31. January 2007 @ 16:10 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
mike, wait for a few months to see what other people think of vista once they get it but in the meantime get more ram!!
dont worry ddp i will get alot more ram but for know im going to wait until Windows can fix Vista up.
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1. February 2007 @ 08:19 |
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my m8s got vi$ta running with 1.25gb of ram and its as fast as mine on xp with a gig of ram. our rigs are almost the same other wise.
sucks for games tho :)
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bojan087
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1. February 2007 @ 08:55 |
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hey just for some feed back cuz i have win. vista. the o/s isnt that much different. at first i didnt like how it was set up, but u grow into it. there are plenty of software i havent touched on my laptop. for games i tried to play battlefield 2, it connected online but it would kick me out but i solved that problem by the administrator play. i have 2 gigs of ram and the computer uses about 400-550mb but havent seen it jump over 700mb of ram. i'm really satisfied with the computer/vista. if ur interested this is my computer and ihope this helps you decide http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...d=1166236072092
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