Vista too slow?
Bought a new laptop Compaq B1900 in Hongkong with intel duo core processor 1.7 mghz and 512 MB ram and ATI radeon graphics Why does Vista run slow on the laptop How can i increase its speed
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Vista runs slowly because you don't have a lot of RAM.
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truly, thats not enough memory to run Vista, its a BEAST, no joke, 1gig of memory is the least i'd use with vista.
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Add more RAM. Vista Basic requires 512mb RAM. This is pretty much eating up all your RAM. If you have Vista Premium or Ultimate, it requires 1gb RAM. I would boost up your RAM to 2gb either way.
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Vista is a memory hog. You need more RAM. Also, it allocates more memory from video than any OS to date. If your system has anything less than 256-512mb video memory, the OS will be taking even more system memory to make up for the loss. All in all, get AT LEAST, another 512MB ram, and you'll be much happier. Or even better, downgrade to XP until they get all the kinks in vista worked out with Sevice Pack 1 in december. Sorry to break the bad news.
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I have a similar model and i added 2 Gigs of ram which should run you about 150 on Ebay. No my machine is super fast. Adding the ram is very easy and take about 5 min and a small screw driver
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You don't have enough memory. You should have at least 1GB and 2GB would be even better. That's Microsoft coding for you. Or you could just run Ubuntu. It'll run fine with your specs. Ubuntu anyone? http://www.ubuntu.com
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xp is your only option. vista is not slow.. it can't be its not hardware. its a software. the software vista requires a fast set of hardware setups to run. basic rules are Ram. you need to have 1gig if basic and 2gig if anything else.. 3 if ultimate. (you can purchase up to 2 for yours) 128mb of dedicated Video. (which you dont have) and a fast processor. your processor doesnt make any sence to me. Dual Core 1.7??? but anyway that will work with XP better
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