Tleslie 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 i bot a laptop and given 2 sticks of ram, 1 gig each. later realised only 2 ram slots in the laptop. now i have 1 extra ram stick... anyone interested?? sell u ... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote err.. in today's standard, that's the most entry level for a notebook.. can buy one @ <$1000.. pc show selling one such acer notebook @ $860+.... your processor is quite old le.. Yah ... I know .... but it is an ok processor. Anyway, don't use that much of the computing power. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote now is Duo Core 2 liaoz.. u @ Duo Core 1... Nevermind lah .... I don't need so much computing power. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote Wat do u think man? I really don't know .... Now trying the Vista Home basic on the new notebook .... like slower leh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droozy Neutral Newbie June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 vista is slower than Xp as it uses more RAM. U got to upgrade your ram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Har? Now on 3GB liao ... so upgrade to 4GB would make it faster? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droozy Neutral Newbie June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 haha then yes lor... from wat I know its uses double ram than XP.. think also more slow when u want to open more applications at the same time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Yah ... from what I heard ... if you open too many tabs on your browser .... it would be very slow liao. But now I got about 90 tabs opened ... still ok under XP ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droozy Neutral Newbie June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 that is why I still prefer XP.. then heard that XP is going to stay.. more and more UMPC with XP is in will come out later with cheaper price I wil wait ...haha just enjoy your new lappy ba.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunge 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 Quote Yah ... from what I heard ... if you open too many tabs on your browser .... it would be very slow liao. But now I got about 90 tabs opened ... still ok under XP ... wah wat u surfing man... 90 tabs u can keep track ah... anyways as for the RAM, if ur ntoebook supports dual channel rams... using 2 of the exact same RAM will process faster. for me i'm using 2 x 2G ram... smooth. as for the win explorer being slow if u open many tabs, i suspect it's more to do with IE7 itself than on the OS, cos i've IE7 on my Win XP i IE& alwasys hangs when i open too many tabs... bugs... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karebu 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 (edited) Your com will wear out faster. When my vista 'idles', I see the HDD/processor actually working furiously in the background, especially if you enable aeroglass (fancy see-through) effect - their activity lights can be fully lit (not just blinking) the whole time. I guess they have no choice but to give domestic users a feel of 'fast' when using vista but making the computer spool at all times so that it does not lag should a user wake his com up from idling suddenly. And x64 seems very troublesome when it comes to finding compliant softwares. They are also very helpful, and persist on asking Cancel or Allow for every single problem. can be turned off but it's kinda retarded. If you are a serious gamer you may want to try vista. Only vista can use directx10 atm. I kinda gave up on vista though. Edited June 16, 2008 by Karebu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainman 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 Give me XP anytime...regardless of hardware specs Newer doesn't mean it's better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccssgm 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Share June 16, 2008 Quote Har? Now on 3GB liao ... so upgrade to 4GB would make it faster? 3 GB Ram is EnoughNo Need 4 GB Ram Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Actually I intend to change the 1GB ram to a 2GB one .... So I'll have the "Ultimate" power ... hee hee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote that is why I still prefer XP.. then heard that XP is going to stay.. more and more UMPC with XP is in will come out later with cheaper price I wil wait ...haha just enjoy your new lappy ba.. I'm now surfing using the Vista ... but it seems to be lagging abit. What I am afraid about migrating back to XP is that skali like the Starhub notebook that I got ... went through hell just to get everything running properly under XP. I have already burn a copy of the restore CD. So I'll be starting the migration shortly ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote Yah ... from what I heard ... if you open too many tabs on your browser .... it would be very slow liao. But now I got about 90 tabs opened ... still ok under XP ... wah wat u surfing man... 90 tabs u can keep track ah... anyways as for the RAM, if ur ntoebook supports dual channel rams... using 2 of the exact same RAM will process faster. for me i'm using 2 x 2G ram... smooth. as for the win explorer being slow if u open many tabs, i suspect it's more to do with IE7 itself than on the OS, cos i've IE7 on my Win XP i IE& alwasys hangs when i open too many tabs... bugs... I suppose it could support Dual Channel ... but anyway I should be upgrading it to 2 x 2GB ram soon. Yah .... can track abit lah .... Even as I am typing all this under Vista using Firefor ... there is a lag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote Your com will wear out faster. When my vista 'idles', I see the HDD/processor actually working furiously in the background, especially if you enable aeroglass (fancy see-through) effect - their activity lights can be fully lit (not just blinking) the whole time. I guess they have no choice but to give domestic users a feel of 'fast' when using vista but making the computer spool at all times so that it does not lag should a user wake his com up from idling suddenly. And x64 seems very troublesome when it comes to finding compliant softwares. They are also very helpful, and persist on asking Cancel or Allow for every single problem. can be turned off but it's kinda retarded. If you are a serious gamer you may want to try vista. Only vista can use directx10 atm. I kinda gave up on vista though. What do you mean by the com will wear out faster? I am an amateur gamer ..... the only game I play now is CounterStrike ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 16, 2008 Author Share June 16, 2008 Quote Give me XP anytime...regardless of hardware specs Newer doesn't mean it's better. Ok ... "I'll be back .." ..... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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