Vista RAM Requirements

You can do anything Vista does with only the minimum amount of RAM (512 MB)
installed. More RAM may make Vista faster. There is no way of knowing where
the sweet spot is for any given computer and user. Most people would notice
a big difference going from 512 MB to 1 GB. Improvements above 1 GB are less
noticeable, again depending on the speed of the CPU. hard drive, and hat you
are using the computer for.

In all versions of Windows more RAM is better. How much better can only be
determined by using the computer. No one can tell you in absolute terms.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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More detail please.

What can one do and not do with 1 GB of RAM.

The "Most People" Argument is not helpful.

Video RAM?

DSH

"Kerry Brown" *a*m wrote in message
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It depends on what you are doing. For most people Vista runs just fine
with 1 GB RAM.

--
Kerry Brown
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca


"D. Spencer Hines" wrote in message
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My understanding is that Vista Ultimate wants 2 GIGS of RAM to run
smoothly and reasonably fast.

Is that incorrect?

How much VRAM for Good Performance?

DSH

"BSchnur" wrote in message
om...

Fair enough, these days, a mid-range laptop tends to ship with a 80G to
120G hard drive.

Folks considering upgrading a notebook in place, really should
reconsider by and large, especially for notebooks more than 1 year old.

I got my most recent notebook in the fall -- in theory it can run Vista
32 nicely (T7200, 945 video, 1G DDR2 dual channel RAM, 100G), but I
don't really see the point for the move in my situation.

--
Barry Schnur