Cathy said:
I just got this new computer yesterday...it is so slow. Emails slow to
create/reply to. Trying to get to a web page is slow. Is this normal???
I'm getting fed up. My other computer was Windows 98 and was way faster.
Any suggestions appreciated.
As another person replied to you... need more info. Here are some of the
major things to look at...
RAM? If you have 512MB's RAM, then, yes, Vista will be slow. 1GB is
generally accepted as the true minimal size. (Yes, it seems unfair that
systems are sold with 512MB's RAM when that's obviously underpowered for
Vista. If you don't like the system's speed and don't want to invest in the
time and effort to upgrade RAM, then return the system.)
Video RAM? If your computer uses shared video RAM, then that 512MB's of
system RAM isn't 512MB's of RAM anymore... it's 512 minus whatever is being
allocated for video RAM.
Brand new computer? File indexing will run for a few days, probably, and
that hogs resources. When the indexing finishes its initial job, then things
usually perk up.
Lang