Vista - Vista Capable: what does it mean 512MB ?

Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
applications?
Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's applications?
It's not clear.

"Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
> applications?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's
> applications?
> It's not clear.

Considering that 512MB is the minimum for decent performance in XP, I'd say
it's
the bare minimum to just install Vista. If you actually want to run apps,
then get more.

Tom Lake

512MB to have the operating system run applications, work with system
services and other things in a *timely fashion*. It also means that it's
enough to have hardware working on memory instead of the pagefile.

It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.

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"Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
> applications?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's
> applications?
> It's not clear.

Its a recommended amount to run both the operating system and applications
without reaching a bottle neck in performance. But 512 MB could be mean in
addition to processor and graphics speed. You could be using onboard
graphics which possibly be borrowing from your physical memory which could
slow things down considerably.
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"Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8ABBDB4F-EA1E-48A5-BDC6-C122D35B767C@microsoft.com...
> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
> applications?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's
> applications?
> It's not clear.

re:
> It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.

I can hardly wait for Windows 2010 and its 4GB "recommended" RAM.

;-)



Juan
====
"Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> 512MB to have the operating system run applications, work with system services and other things in
> a *timely fashion*. It also means that it's enough to have hardware working on memory instead of
> the pagefile.
>
> It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.
>
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> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not
> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
> that up!
>
> --: Original message follows :--
> "Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8ABBDB4F-EA1E-48A5-BDC6-C122D35B767C@microsoft.com...
>> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
>> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
>> applications?
>> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's applications?
>> It's not clear.
>
>

Which brings to mind some Bill Gates quotes:

"640k should be enough for everyone"

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would
all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG"

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P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> re:
>> It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.
>
> I can hardly wait for Windows 2010 and its 4GB "recommended" RAM.
>
> ;-)
>
>
>
> Juan
> ====
> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OBuZV5NfGHA.3488@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> 512MB to have the operating system run applications, work with system
>> services and other things in a *timely fashion*. It also means that it's
>> enough to have hardware working on memory instead of the pagefile.
>>
>> It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.
>>
>> --
>> Zack Whittaker
>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>> not
>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared
>> that up!
>>
>> --: Original message follows :--
>> "Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:8ABBDB4F-EA1E-48A5-BDC6-C122D35B767C@microsoft.com...
>>> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
>>> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
>>> applications?
>>> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's
>>> applications?
>>> It's not clear.
>>
>>
>
>

Peter wrote:
> Which brings to mind some Bill Gates quotes:
>
> "640k should be enough for everyone"
>
> "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
> would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG"

I thought for it to be a quote it had to be something the person actually
said, not just an urban legend.

Weeelll, who really cares, just thought I'd throw it in.

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Toronto, Canada
2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
"Robert Moir" <robspamtrap+msnews@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Peter wrote:
>> Which brings to mind some Bill Gates quotes:
>>
>> "640k should be enough for everyone"
>>
>> "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
>> would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG"
>
> I thought for it to be a quote it had to be something the person actually
> said, not just an urban legend.
>

Aye, that was a misconstrude quote - apparently he never said it and there's
no documentation or evidence to show otherwise ;o)

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that up!

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"Peter" <peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eYHhI4OfGHA.2032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Which brings to mind some Bill Gates quotes:
>
> "640k should be enough for everyone"
>
> "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we
> would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG"
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> 2 x XP Pro SP2 (1 everyday, 1 for testing)
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 2.0gb DDR, 360gb HD
> "Juan T. Llibre" <nomailreplies@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:etlY%23wOfGHA.2032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> re:
>>> It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.
>>
>> I can hardly wait for Windows 2010 and its 4GB "recommended" RAM.
>>
>> ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>> Juan
>> ====
>> "Zack Whittaker" <admin@zacknet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:OBuZV5NfGHA.3488@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> 512MB to have the operating system run applications, work with system
>>> services and other things in a *timely fashion*. It also means that it's
>>> enough to have hardware working on memory instead of the pagefile.
>>>
>>> It's just a nice amount of RAM to have ) 1GB is recommended though.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Zack Whittaker
>>> » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk
>>> » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org
>>> » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk
>>> » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and
>>> not
>>> of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we
>>> cleared
>>> that up!
>>>
>>> --: Original message follows :--
>>> "Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:8ABBDB4F-EA1E-48A5-BDC6-C122D35B767C@microsoft.com...
>>>> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
>>>> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
>>>> applications?
>>>> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's
>>>> applications?
>>>> It's not clear.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

512 MB's of RAM Required, 1 Giga Byte of RAM Recomended, just FYI.

"Franz" <Franz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8ABBDB4F-EA1E-48A5-BDC6-C122D35B767C@microsoft.com...
> Is 512MB the minimum amount of memory to install the OS?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS only without other user's
> applications?
> Or is 512MB a good amount of memory to run OS + the other user's
> applications?
> It's not clear.