True Minimum RAM Requirement

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Please tell me; what is the true minimum RAM requirement for Vista Ultimate
and installed programs to really run properly without the need for Readyboost
or crutches?

I see Notebooks being advertised with Vista and a mere 512MB of RAM and XP
runs like a dog with one leg on that amount of RAM!

Bernie
 
At an absolute minimum: 1 GB. That's what I use on this machine. I have
times when it bogs down. The other has 1.25 (laptop), and it runs ok.
And the main machine has 2 GB, and it's snappy and doesn't run out of
RAM very often (FSX running takes a lot...)

I saw laptops with 512MB and I was horrified. But, the manufacturers are
putting in the minimum to keep prices down, and the retailers are making
money on upgrades (or pissing people off for slow performance and blame
it on Vista). Reminds me of Dell shipping P4 2.53's with Windows XP with
only 128 MB of RAM. Yikes.
 
everITskeptical said:
Please tell me; what is the true minimum RAM requirement for Vista
Ultimate
and installed programs to really run properly without the need for
Readyboost
or crutches?

I see Notebooks being advertised with Vista and a mere 512MB of RAM and XP
runs like a dog with one leg on that amount of RAM!

Bernie
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I doubt very much that you're seeing laptops with Vista Ultimate being sold
with 512MB's RAM. I think you'll only find Home Basic on systems with
512MB's RAM. Is that sufficient? Nah... 1GB minimum, 2GB's is the sweet
spot.

Lang
 
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