VISTA RAM

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My computer currently has 256mb of RAM. The computer reads as 248mb. If I
purchase another 256 (248mb) card, will it be the same as if I had a 512mb
one?
 
Yes. But why add just another 256MB? I would recommend 1GB minimum,
regardless of MS's recommended minimum.

Lang
 
Very good answer.
But if you can possibly do it and you can somehow afford it, get the largest
stick you can based in the motherboard manual..
Putting another 256 MB and using another slot may force you to discard 256
MB in the future when you can finally afford a larger memory.
That may have the effect of increasing the total cost while saving $ in the
short term.
 
I got news for you... $150 is a lot of money to me, and I''m, uh, old enough
to buy beer in Georgia. I'm not trying to trivialize the cost of upgrading
one's PC to run Vista. That said, I would not recommend trying to run Vista
on a system with only 512MB's RAM. Unless all you do is surf the web, you're
not going to be happy with performance. Just my two cents on this matter...

Lang
 
How could you even run XP with SP-2 on a machine with 256MB? (248MB) with
8MB for intergrated VGA.

Surely, it will become very sluggish after installing antivirus software.
Few more months of your paper round you will be able to throw another 512MB
at your system for Vista.
 
Jupiter: My motherboard can go up to 2gb. Yes, you have a point. Since my
computer only has two slots for RAM, if I buy a card right now and later I
want to upgrade to more, I will spend on this one and on the other one.

Lang: I don't only use my computer for basic stuff, but for Photoshop, Sony
Vegas, and Adobe After Effects. I am very patient, and I get to do good
things. I was running Vista 5472, but when I tried to upgrade to 5536, it
wouldn't let me for the RAM issues. As I type, I am running Windows XP. It is
running great!
 
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:39:46 +1200, "Clayton"

}How could you even run XP with SP-2 on a machine with 256MB? (248MB) with
}8MB for intergrated VGA.

I am running XP Pro w/SP2 on a 2001 Dell laptop with 192 MB of ram (P3
850) just fine. Virus protection is AVG Pro. Basically, all I do is surf
with it and connect to my desktop (Vista Beta 2 machine with 2 GB of
dual channel memory) with remote desktop to run any apps.

Later,
Dave
 
In the old days (pre-SP2) XP ran fine with 256MB of RAM, but I agree -
anymore, 256MB doesn't work well on XP.
 
Lang, today, $150 is good for one night out in california, or buys about 3
tanks of gas or 30 glasses of beer, or 75 cups of coffee.

I paid $500 for a new stick of 16 MB of ram, I cried, but it's life.

Are you really 13 years old DJ? You may be able to get it cheaper from eBay.
 
DJ TECH said:
My computer currently has 256mb of RAM. The computer reads as 248mb. If I
purchase another 256 (248mb) card, will it be the same as if I had a 512mb
one?
Click to expand...

Yeah, same thing, just uses more space.
 
DJ said:
Jupiter: My motherboard can go up to 2gb. Yes, you have a point. Since my
computer only has two slots for RAM, if I buy a card right now and later I
want to upgrade to more, I will spend on this one and on the other one.

Lang: I don't only use my computer for basic stuff, but for Photoshop, Sony
Vegas, and Adobe After Effects. I am very patient, and I get to do good
things. I was running Vista 5472, but when I tried to upgrade to 5536, it
wouldn't let me for the RAM issues. As I type, I am running Windows XP. It is
running great!
Click to expand...

Somethings really, really wrong with this picture. Where did you get
5472 & 5536? If you're only 13 where did you get the big $'s needed to
join msdn? Please don't try and think we'd believe your parents cause
big ram (2 gigs) wouldn't be a problem if that were true.
Fess up! The truth will not hurt you, or us.
Frank
 
I was going to add 128 MBytes to my computer, but it would cost me over
$300. So, a few years later I added the 128MBytes, but now the cost was $50.
So if you take into consideration that the memory will probably be cheaper
in the future, then the total cost when you upgrade still might be cheaper
and you save money in the short term as well (remember moore's law?).
 
Until recently, I was running XP (with SP2) with only 64 Mbytes of RAM. I
could get the memory being used down to around 34 Mbytes by turning off
services, killing the explorer process.
Anyway, now that I have 192 MBytes, It runs wonderfully by comparison and I
don't bother turning services off. Also, a decently fast hard drive can make
up for having less ram.
 
Your setup is almost identical to mine. Except my laptop is only a PII at
300Mhz. A 4 Gbyte hard-drive makes things interesting too.
 
I think it was a recent case of an individual enticing teenagers to do
things with webcams that were contrary to the teenagers wishes.

The individual concerned used a feature to take control of teenagers
computers. Apparently after some images were taken the individual
opened teenagers email and threatened to send an email to every one in
the address book.

If memory serves me well there were a few girls in Canada and a few in
the UK. The individual has now been prosecuted.
 
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