is 1 gig good?

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  1. Leningrad

    Leningrad Regular member

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    Does vista basic run well on 1 gig of ram. 512x2?
     
    Leningrad, Aug 24, 2007
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    i think so because i think the minimum requirements for RAM are 512mb so in theory it should run smoothly
     
    ss6phil, Aug 25, 2007
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    just as a point of comparison IDLE vista home premium requires 600mb-700mb of ram
     
    faqman98, Aug 25, 2007
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    you be much better off with 2 gigs.
     
    Auslander, Aug 25, 2007
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    i have a laptop with one gig and i am running vista home basic, i would not want to have less thain one gig the more ram with vista the better, also you can find some i gb chips under $50.00 just do some searching
     
    rdmercer1, Aug 26, 2007
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    512 is minimal for vista but to enjoy vista to full extent u need a gig or more
     
    trippy92, Aug 26, 2007
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    hell to run any games that have been made in the past two years you need AT LEAST 1.5gb of ram
     
    faqman98, Aug 26, 2007
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    Not entirely correct.

    Windows will take a certain percentage of whatever amount of RAM you currently have installed, not an actual amount...

    2Gb is a safe bet!
     
    chunkhead, Aug 27, 2007
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    Well im trying to upgrade my older PC to vista (BASIC) , my new HP already has vista (Home PRE).
     
    Leningrad, Aug 30, 2007
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    just leave it as XP. you've got one vista pc--isn't that enough pain and suffering?
     
    Auslander, Aug 30, 2007
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    Don't do it.
     
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  12. Leningrad

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    True that, i admit i had my own problems with vista. Is Linux
    (Fedora infrastructure) better?
     
    Leningrad, Aug 30, 2007
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  13. Auslander

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    do you have experience with linux? if not, i'd suggest something like Xandros, which is linux-based with a windows-like GUI. that can help ease the transition into linux.

    *edit*
    leningrad, your sig is out of spec. you need to change it or a mod will prison-rape you here.
     
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    Can Xandros execute windows application? The only time when i got to know Linux when a friend of mine brought me a copy of DSL, since it was
    on Live Cd it couldn't save to the HDD, i just abandoned the idea but im considering it again. P.S whats wrong with my signature.
     
    Leningrad, Sep 1, 2007
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  15. Auslander

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    if you go to xandros's site, you will find that it will run something like 95% of windows programs and quite a few of the games.

    when windows xp is as useless as windows 98 is today, i'll switch to xandros myself. i'll never go vista.

    your sig had been too large. you seem to have corrected it now.
     
    Auslander, Sep 2, 2007
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  16. Leningrad

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    Don't you mean ReactOS?
     
    Leningrad, Sep 3, 2007
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  17. Auslander

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    no, i don't. reactos may be free, but it is also still very much in the testing phases. xandros is a bit more refined, and i have no problem putting out an relatively miniscule, in the overall world of computing, amount of money for a very stable and compatible, proven system.
     
    Auslander, Sep 3, 2007
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