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1GB is enough
Been running Vista Enterprise on a machine with 1GB RAM for awhile now. It's more sluggish than XP opf course, but it runs fine.
Posted by: toadlife   Posted on: 08/13/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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1GB is enough  toadlife | 08/13/07
Maybe that's why it's sluggish wink (nt)  CobraA1 | 08/13/07
Why would you or anyone want to run sluggishly?  Laff | 08/14/07
$$$$  voska | 08/14/07
Perhaps but then again a pen and paper is cheap still  Laff | 08/14/07
Yup and it seems Staples sell a lot of pens  voska | 08/14/07
still to keep with the office supplies theme....  Laff | 08/14/07
that's a small business only viewpiont.  rtk | 08/14/07
Only sluggish at bootup  toadlife | 08/14/07
It depends on...  Wolfie2K3 | 08/14/07
True  madshock | 08/21/07
ReadyBoost  Scott K. | 08/13/07
Two Words: After Effects...  voyager529 | 08/13/07
Clarification...  voyager529 | 08/13/07
I'll bet Vista with 2GB would be fine  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/13/07
I stuck with 2GB  dwight.silverman@... | 08/13/07
RE: Games  rward30 | 08/14/07
Interesting, but...  slopoke | 08/13/07
It's not being a pig  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/13/07
Yup  slopoke | 08/13/07
Ed's right ...  mwagner@... | 08/14/07
I don't understand. It's not resource hungry but it needs 1Gb to run,  stevey_d | 08/15/07
No  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/15/07
enough RAM is like enough cash...  srobtjones@... | 08/13/07
ReadyBoost doesn't help  CobraA1 | 08/13/07
ReadyBoost doesn't help  aussieblnd@... | 08/14/07
ReadyBoost offers maximum benefit on ...  mwagner@... | 08/14/07
Well, I am running a 1 GB system . . .  CobraA1 | 08/14/07
Rediboost does not work that way  Baer | 08/14/07
2 GB is enough - for now.  CobraA1 | 08/13/07
I've 768MB RAM and Vista is very fast!  qmlscycrajg | 08/14/07
but why does it need so much RAM  stevey_d | 08/14/07
Simple reasong for that  voska | 08/14/07
I think there's a disconnect here  gsteele531@... | 08/14/07
Bingo  eye4bear | 08/14/07
Vista runs fine on 1GB  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/14/07
but ubuntu needs 512meg with lots of programs and beryl  stevey_d | 08/15/07
Vista runs fantastic, Aero and all on 1 gig.  Cayble | 08/14/07
My laptop has 1GB RAM & Vista Ultimate...  lisacate@... | 08/17/07
Why "CHEAP" out on memory?  Laff | 08/14/07
When you need it, buy it  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/14/07
32bit vista won't see 4gb  tommcd64 | 08/14/07
Why?  voska | 08/14/07
There's a longstanding limitation with 32-bit Windows  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/14/07
I did mention that  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/14/07
is there a similar limitation in OSX or Ubuntu?  stevey_d | 08/15/07
max ram vista 32bit  chrome_slinky@... | 08/14/07
Why not get 4 GB  voska | 08/14/07
If you have unlimited funds...  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/14/07
If you have unlimited funds...  aussieblnd@... | 08/14/07
The longer you wait, the better  davids@... | 08/14/07
Key to good cheap longterm hardware  Cayble | 08/14/07
Another Reason for More RAM  knoxbury | 08/14/07
What about for video editing?  sahild | 08/14/07
Photoshop and Video Editing  noverge | 08/14/07
Why doesn't Vista use the extra RAM for disk cache?  Resuna | 08/14/07
It does, actually.  CobraA1 | 08/14/07
Then why isn't it using all the RAM?  Resuna | 08/14/07
re:using all the RAM  rattatatt@... | 08/14/07
Get Real  tim.haugan@... | 08/14/07
64-bit and memory  raharrin@... | 08/14/07
64-bit needs more memory because...  Narg | 08/14/07
paged and cached  beranek@... | 08/14/07
Solid information  griz326 | 08/14/07
technical people need far more RAM depending on software  dabruro | 08/14/07
Who's buying 32-bit processors?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/14/07
low end models (Dell &others) still being sold with 32bit proc  dabruro | 08/14/07
Celeron D and Pentium D processors ...  mwagner@... | 08/14/07
ZDNET NESLETTERS  pccow000 | 08/14/07
1 GB is poor, 2 GB is sufficiently  marcelobonatto@... | 08/14/07
This is nothing new ...  mwagner@... | 08/14/07
Actually...  firehound | 08/14/07
512 MB max?  notsofast | 08/14/07
Puzzled  mgrubb@... | 08/15/07
Vista Requirment  morrig | 08/18/07
The Vista aint no puzzle  Ole Man | 08/14/07
Who pee'd in your Wheaties...  fr0thy2. | 08/14/07
DUDE!!!!!  Laff | 08/14/07
That was YOUR Wheaties, Dood  Ole Man | 08/14/07
Seek help  rtk | 08/14/07
Got all the help I need  Ole Man | 08/25/07
Vista sucks up RAM  3dtodd | 08/14/07
If you want memory unused...  davids@... | 08/14/07
Can't wait for your next Blog  brittonv | 08/14/07
Good article, Ed!  mwagner@... | 08/14/07
4GB is too much memory  mbsolomon@... | 08/14/07
64-bit Vista memory  ejsecco | 08/14/07
Games?!  jetman36 | 08/14/07
Vista won't install with more than 3 GB  murraygordon@... | 08/14/07
Re: Vista won't install with more than 3 GB  ejsecco | 08/14/07
We dont all want that  madshock | 08/21/07
RAM is a good thing...  sierradragon | 08/14/07
Vista Memory  Ronchogrande | 08/15/07
Thanks for sharing  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 08/15/07
Message has been deleted.  Kromaethius | 08/17/07
Be nice if you can not be say nought.  morrig | 08/18/07
Warning on 4 Gig RAM Boost  Kromaethius | 08/16/07
Whoops -- Should be...  Kromaethius | 08/16/07
I agree for the most part  CobraA1 | 08/16/07
A matter of Opinion  Kromaethius | 08/17/07
Vista firewall filters both  LinuxandMacforlife | 08/18/07
MS firewalls  morrig | 08/18/07
New Anti-Virus and Security Suite 4 Vista  Kromaethius | 08/19/07
?  Ronchogrande | 12/05/07
I GOT 1.5 GIGS OF RAM  crenner@... | 08/17/07
Is 2 gig enough ram for Vista  rgeiken@... | 08/21/07
Vista Processor Usage  emmaylots@... | 08/26/07
512MB RAM?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 09/09/07
RE: The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?  fourpastmidnight@... | 02/25/08
RE: The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?  jonortrev | 01/26/09
RE: The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?  s5e5com | 07/06/09
RE: The Vista RAM puzzle: Is 2GB enough?  s5e5com | 07/06/09

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