Oh yeah...she's flying now :D

Desmo · 09-11-2007, 10:29

Just upgraded the laptop from 1GB to 2GB ram. Blimey, what a difference it makes with Vista

What with my other upgrade to 64bit Ultimate as well, she's really flying now. Wish I'd done this a little while ago when I first thought about it.

Feek · 09-11-2007, 11:52

Vista really is rubbish with 1Gb RAM.

Stan_Lite · 09-11-2007, 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

Vista really is rubbish with 1Gb RAM.

Try it with 512Mb and a 1.6GHz Dothan

I put it on the old laptop I have with me on the rig for a giggle - it works but it's painfully slow and Aero doesn't work as there are no vista drivers for the 915GM chipset - which also means the graphics suck big time.

I'm going to try it with the 2Gb of RAM from the M1710 when I get home just to see what sort of difference it makes but I'll be taking it off and putting XP/Ubuntu dual boot back on though. It's crap without proper video drivers (Intel have no intention of releasing any

).

Will · 09-11-2007, 13:42

Oh yeah 2gb does make it much much better - unfortunately my laptop only has 1Gb, but decided that because it's a fairly powerful one I'd try it, it worked well, but I'm back on Linux on it.

I can imagine that 4gb on 64 bit is pretty noticeable too.

Haly · 09-11-2007, 13:42

Earlier in the summer we bought two cheap Dell PCs, one for me and one for my Mum. Exact same spec (core2 1.6 iirc and 1gb ram) but mine ran on Vista, hers on XP. The speed difference was quite scary

Since then I've swapped to a different cheap Dell and my Dad's got the Vista machine which now has a copy of XP on it instead, so much smoother

Garp · 09-11-2007, 13:45

I don't bother with Aero, and my machine performs noticeably quicker for it. Quite disappointing really, even compiz fusion isn't that bloated and it can handle vista style effects and then some without noticeable slowdown :-/

Lets be honest too, what does it really add? Nothing significant from a user interaction process, unlike say the OS X fancy graphics.

Will · 09-11-2007, 13:48

I quite like aesthetically pleasing desktop/windows as it's what you spend lots of time looking at. But it's a good point.

Feek · 09-11-2007, 14:12

It adds prettyness for zero or practically zero CPU usage, and that's important.

Will · 09-11-2007, 14:20

When I use the flip 3d thing etc the CPU load hardly flickers which is what I'd expect really no?

Desmo · 09-11-2007, 15:20

Is there a shortcut key for that?

09-11-2007, 10:29	#1
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Oh yeah...she's flying now :D Just upgraded the laptop from 1GB to 2GB ram. Blimey, what a difference it makes with Vista What with my other upgrade to 64bit Ultimate as well, she's really flying now. Wish I'd done this a little while ago when I first thought about it.

09-11-2007, 11:52	#2
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Vista really is rubbish with 1Gb RAM. __________________

09-11-2007, 13:42	#4
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	Oh yeah 2gb does make it much much better - unfortunately my laptop only has 1Gb, but decided that because it's a fairly powerful one I'd try it, it worked well, but I'm back on Linux on it. I can imagine that 4gb on 64 bit is pretty noticeable too. __________________ *No No!*

09-11-2007, 13:42	#5
Haly Do you want to hide in my box? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,941	Earlier in the summer we bought two cheap Dell PCs, one for me and one for my Mum. Exact same spec (core2 1.6 iirc and 1gb ram) but mine ran on Vista, hers on XP. The speed difference was quite scary Since then I've swapped to a different cheap Dell and my Dad's got the Vista machine which now has a copy of XP on it instead, so much smoother __________________ Halycopter

09-11-2007, 13:45	#6
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	I don't bother with Aero, and my machine performs noticeably quicker for it. Quite disappointing really, even compiz fusion isn't that bloated and it can handle vista style effects and then some without noticeable slowdown :-/ Lets be honest too, what does it really add? Nothing significant from a user interaction process, unlike say the OS X fancy graphics. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

09-11-2007, 13:48	#7
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	I quite like aesthetically pleasing desktop/windows as it's what you spend lots of time looking at. But it's a good point. __________________ *No No!*

09-11-2007, 14:12	#8
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	It adds prettyness for zero or practically zero CPU usage, and that's important. __________________

09-11-2007, 14:20	#9
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	When I use the flip 3d thing etc the CPU load hardly flickers which is what I'd expect really no? __________________ *No No!*

09-11-2007, 15:20	#10
Desmo The Last Airbender Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Pigmopad Posts: 11,915	Is there a shortcut key for that?

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