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"gautam" wrote: "I highly reccomend spending to upgrade to 1-2GBs of ram.
Vista needs it."

R U "Serious"?

???


"gautam" wrote:

> Evan -
>
> I am assuming that you think Ready Boost of 2GB would be like 512mb RAM?
>
> Definitely not.
>
> IF you are looking to spend on upgrading your computer, get RAM for the
> inside. First off, its internal so you dont need to worry about it.
> Readyboost is only a prefetch - its not going to help you on most
> things...its a nitroboost for windows.
>
> I highly reccomend spending to upgrade to 1-2GBs of ram. Vista needs it.
>
> "Evan Platt" wrote:
>
> > My specs are a Compaq Presario S6000Z desktop, AMD 3000 Athlon, 1 GB
> > memory, DDR 2700
> >
> > Vista runs OK.. I can hear every once in a while what sounds like
> > either a fan kicking on, or a hard drive spinning up for a few
> > seconds. It seems to be when I access 'fresh' data - ie open a file on
> > my hard drive. I don't think it's hard drive, as I can see the file I
> > opened before I hear the whir.
> >
> > One peeve is swapping. I did set a 1500 meg swap file on my primary
> > drive, but very often, Vista will hang, and I can see the hard drive
> > light going crazy.
> >
> > I can sometimes alt-tab, but often, once I select the app to switch
> > to, the drive just goes crazy.
> >
> > So my question is, what's a better investment, 1 gb of memory (I now
> > have 1 gig in 2 512 sticks and 2 slots total on my machine, so I could
> > get 1.5 gigs total, the new 1 gig stick and 512 in the other slot) or
> > say a USB thumbdrive?
> >
> > I'm looking at a 1 GB stick for about $50 or a 2 gb thumb drive (
> > http://www.pricewatch.com/h/info.asp...7&aid=12003991
> > )
> >
> > Any tips / suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Evan
> > --
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> >