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09-26-2007, 03:18 PM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 5
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Originally Posted by carnageX  I believe if you have Vista Business or Vista Ultimate, you can call MS and they'll let you downgrade for free. | For a fee of course.
When MS turns down a chance to get money pigs will fly. | 
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09-26-2007, 05:03 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,265
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Originally Posted by Makaveli213 So because you cheaped out and bought a junky laptop this is Viusta fault and its crap?:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
That is a good one. You know that is so funny. I have a laptop with Vista on it that has 1GB of RAM and a TL-56 CPU (I think it TL i know its a AMD something or other) and i have no problem running VIsta Home PRemium. How is that??? Mine barely uses 30% of my resources. Hmmm maybe cause i know how to USE VISTA??
Stop bashing the OS for your mistakes. | Maybe "using" it means not really using it. If you do web surfing and cheap crap like that, then yes, you won't see a problem with vista. It's when you start rendering images that it starts to bog down. My ram is 50% used right after startup, no other programs open. If i open mozilla and a few other ones at once, it starts using page file and you can see the lag. I turned off all the visual effects and that only freed like 2-3% of the memory.
It's sad that you need 1GB of ram to check your email. I remember when 256MB was a he!! of a rig.
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09-26-2007, 11:41 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 805
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how long have you had this laptop? superfetch, which preloads data and predicts what you need to have stored in ram often, takes a few days for it to actually work. So after a few days of normal use Vista and superfetch should run better for you.
Posts like yours make me unwilling to get vista until I have at least 2 gigs.
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09-26-2007, 11:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 6,063
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Originally Posted by LPine For a fee of course.
When MS turns down a chance to get money pigs will fly. | No, from what I read, it was for free, if you have Ultimate or Business. Quote: |
Posts like yours make me unwilling to get vista until I have at least 2 gigs.
| I had Ultimate running fine on my other PC (PC 1 in sig if you care to look), and it has 1GB RAM, EVGA 7600GS, and a Celeron D, and it ran absolutely fine for me.
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09-27-2007, 06:45 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,265
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Originally Posted by carnageX I had Ultimate running fine on my other PC (PC 1 in sig if you care to look), and it has 1GB RAM, EVGA 7600GS, and a Celeron D, and it ran absolutely fine for me. | Again, "If you do web surfing and cheap crap like that, then yes, you won't see a problem with vista."
It's not a matter or "running", but of performance.
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09-27-2007, 06:47 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,265
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Originally Posted by macdawg Posts like yours make me unwilling to get vista until I have at least 2 gigs. | There's no point it getting it. It has nothing new that you really need, and it just slows your system down. If you want your system to run slower, a better choice will be underclocking it. It's faster than installing vista, cheaper, and saves you a trip to the store.
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09-27-2007, 06:58 PM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 855
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some XP drivers for specific components in your laptop may be hard to find. Make sure you have all those first before making a move.
agreed that vista sucks compared to XP.
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09-27-2007, 07:06 PM
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cuPWNED Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: N.VA Posts: 1,465
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Originally Posted by pc_boy There's no point it getting it. It has nothing new that you really need, and it just slows your system down. If you want your system to run slower, a better choice will be underclocking it. It's faster than installing vista, cheaper, and saves you a trip to the store. | hmm, I've never heard of direct x 10 before... what is this? amazing next-gen graphics that trump the PS3 and 360? woah? what is this?
woah... aero effects in vista? whats that... the sexy train? oh em gee its the sexy train
I see your problem, but theres no need to bash vista just because you can't run it...
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09-27-2007, 08:19 PM
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The Bulldog Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In an empty Ramen packet Posts: 4,381
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I had vista on my rig and my new laptop came with it. i absolutely hated it. I can tweak XP to use about 80 megs of ram, vista uses 600 megs. Sorry M$ but that memory is reserved for things like music, games and applications. Learn how to write better code.
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09-27-2007, 08:55 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,611
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vista made all my systems faster actually. even on a AMD 1800 w768mb ram. the only thing I don't like is on my computer random things crash every so often that never crashed in xp
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