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I meant that a default install of Vista (with no OEM bloatware) needs at least 2GB or RAM to run. Yeah you can go in and turn off a lot of the "features" and it will run on less, but for a fresh install you need 2GB.
Wrong. With no OEM crapware, one can get Vista running pretty comfortably with 1GB of RAM, especially if you turn off the sidebar. It wont be as snappy as XP but it will still run acceptably. Once you hit the 2GB mark, running XP because of system resources starts to make less and less sense. People today buying 4GB and 6GB systems and downgrading them to XP are just crazy.
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No OS should need 2GB just to boot to the desktop.
And Bill Gates said back in the '80s that nobody should ever use more than 640K of RAM. Times change.
Last November, I got a brand new Gateway desktop with 8GB of RAM and Vista Home Premium 64 bit. The task manager tells me that once I get the desktop loaded, it is already using 2GB of RAM. That is far too much. It also came preloaded with 60GB of trial software. I uninstalled most of it--cut it back to 40GB. This thing alone runs as slow as my 8 year old HP running XP, Google Earth and iTunes.
Xp is very stable. Vista is the junk OS because it's a resource hog and nothing seems to work right with it. XP has had plenty of time to be developed and it's one of the best they have ever released.
Xp is very stable. Vista is the junk OS because it's a resource hog and nothing seems to work right with it. XP has had plenty of time to be developed and it's one of the best they have ever released.
Name some stuff that doesn't work with Vista. What version?
Last November, I got a brand new Gateway desktop with 8GB of RAM and Vista Home Premium 64 bit. The task manager tells me that once I get the desktop loaded, it is already using 2GB of RAM. That is far too much. It also came preloaded with 60GB of trial software. I uninstalled most of it--cut it back to 40GB. This thing alone runs as slow as my 8 year old HP running XP, Google Earth and iTunes.
Format it and install a clean copy of Vista without all that trial junk. Get rid of Google Desktop Search if you haven't. You don't need it with Vista. Don't use Norton 360 either. Most of what Microsoft takes the blame for with Vista is actaully the fault of OEM bloatware, which is why MS already is planning on taking steps to get this crap under control on Windows 7 PCs to ensure a smoother launch. Vista itself should only need about 16GB worth of space for a fresh install. Even if you think you have uninstalled the trial software you can't completely get rid of it without a format. Vista will also use more memory because it doesn't store stuff in the paging file like XP did unless it really needs to. People who can't get Vista running smoothly with 8GB of RAM need to learn how to optimize a system.
Wrong. With no OEM crapware, one can get Vista running pretty comfortably with 1GB of RAM, especially if you turn off the sidebar.
Isn't that what I said? If you take the time to go in and turn off all the "features" then it will run alright. However, a default install before turning off the stuff needs 2 GB to boot.
That's ridiculous.
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People today buying 4GB and 6GB systems and downgrading them to XP are just crazy.
Isn't that what I said? If you take the time to go in and turn off all the "features" then it will run alright. However, a default install before turning off the stuff needs 2 GB to boot.
That's ridiculous.
What's ridiculous is people complaining that an OS needs $20 worth of memory to run. Why don't you complain that it needs a $25 DVD-ROM instead of a $15 CD-ROM drive to install?
Format it and install a clean copy of Vista without all that trial junk. Get rid of Google Desktop Search if you haven't. You don't need it with Vista. Don't use Norton 360 either. Most of what Microsoft takes the blame for with Vista is actaully the fault of OEM bloatware, which is why MS already is planning on taking steps to get this crap under control on Windows 7 PCs to ensure a smoother launch. Vista itself should only need about 16GB worth of space for a fresh install. Even if you think you have uninstalled the trial software you can't completely get rid of it without a format. Vista will also use more memory because it doesn't store stuff in the paging file like XP did unless it really needs to. People who can't get Vista running smoothly with 8GB of RAM need to learn how to optimize a system.
Won't do any good to do a clean install. All the bloatware just comes along for the ride unless you want to pay anther chunk of change for an OS straight from MS, which seem a bit of overkill. Any PC from a major player has this crap in it's install, or at least the ones I've seen lately do. Once in a while you have the option of doing a "manual" install of some options and can sidestep the junk.
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