Colin Barnhorst

He's serious.

"The View Master" <L1Ranger@Hotmail.Com.(donotspam)> wrote in message
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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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>> >