Kip

Athlon 64 processors (like mine) also scale down the speed while on battery,
but mine won't normally get below 1ghz, and can't run below 800mhz at all.

"Hank" wrote:
> Correct. Later models of laptops will scale down the processor and bus
> speed in order to save battery power when AC is disconnected. This is
> usually controlled within the BIOS so if Vista is running like a dead dog
> while on battery then consider adjusting the BIOS settings to improve
> performance. Obviously the battery won't last as long so you'll want to
> find a good balance or get another battery, heheh.
>
> But Vista should run quite nicely on the M 730.
>
>
> "Kip" <Kip@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4508569F-8B2A-427B-BE51-DF03B1B0ABAD@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry - Pentium M 730 is 1.6ghz.
> > the upgrade advisor apparently detects the reduced speed when running in
> > low
> > power mode.
> > The performance rater in Vista should detect your processors performance
> > correctly. It will probably not be good enough to run aero glass, but it
> > should otherwise run reasonably well.
> >
> > "Kip" wrote:
> >
> >> the vista upgrade adivsor is correct. if you try to run vista on a 533Mhz
> >> processor, it will run very slowly, but will still run (you will not get
> >> to
> >> use aero glass, or flip 3d, though). I strongly discourage installing
> >> vista
> >> on such a system. if you can't afford a new system, you'll get better
> >> performance out of XP, and won't have to deal with the bugs in Vista Beta
> >> 2.
> >> Start saving your money, and buy a new system with Vista pre-installed.
> >>
> >> "Matt" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Please, kill the caps! The "Caps Lock" key is located in between the
> >> > Shift
> >> > and Tab keys on the left of your keyboard.
> >> >
> >> > Are you confusing the bus speed of the CPU with the clock speed? The
> >> > Pentium
> >> > M 730 is a 1.6 GHz part with a bus speed of 533 MHz. The 800 MHz
> >> > requirement is referring to the clock speed, not the bus speed.
> >> >
> >> > ~mat
> >> > "YOELBZ" <ybz54@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:872A4436-2087-4145-A087-7EA0C289AAB8@microsoft.com...
> >> > > HI
> >> > > I HAVE UPPLIED THE VISTA ADVISORY TOOL AND BEEN TOLD THAT MY
> >> > > PROCESSOR ITS
> >> > > NOT ENOUGH I HAVE A 533MHZ, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO APART FROM
> >> > > BUYING A
> >> > > NEW LAPTOP ? '
> >> > > WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I INSTALL VISTA ON MY ATUAL SYSTEM
> >> > > --
> >> > > YOEL ZELTZER
> >> >
>