a silly question

game4it70

as above, vista home premium on a new laptop should have how much ram?
i didnt have a look a it 4 more than 5 mins but it only has a gig in it and i'm shocked by that. will u guys set me str8 on how much it should have?
i presume 2 gig would be the answer but just want to make sure be 4 i advise my friend about it.
thanks

p.s mods not sure if this should be in building and upgrading, if so my apologies and plz move.

AlmightyCushion

I haven't tried it with 1GB but it seemed slow enough with 2GBs (although this could have been down to the indexing service running). I'd say go with 2GBs to be on the safe side.

game4it70

thx 4 the quick reply.
yeah i had not seen vista till today but god the laptop was so slow.thats why i checked the ram.i'll order some tommorow so.
thanks again.

AlmightyCushion

game4it70 wrote: »

thx 4 the quick reply.
yeah i had not seen vista till today but god the laptop was so slow.thats why i checked the ram.i'll order some tommorow so.
thanks again.

Has it been on the laptop long? The indexing service starts indexing all the files on the computer for searching the moment you start using it. This is a complete resource hog. Once it is done indexing all the files, you should notice a speed increase. Give it a few days and then decide.

game4it70

they bought the laptop a few months ago. i suspect the hog thats know as norton to be the cause of some of the speed issue.they had a trial of it which has lapsed.i tried to uninstall it but it looks for a norton disc which they dont have.tried safe mode to no avail either.
going up on monday to have a proper look at it so will know more then.

AlmightyCushion

game4it70 wrote: »

they bought the laptop a few months ago. i suspect the hog thats know as norton to be the cause of some of the speed issue.they had a trial of it which has lapsed.i tried to uninstall it but it looks for a norton disc which they dont have.tried safe mode to no avail either.
going up on monday to have a proper look at it so will know more then.

Well get rid of norton what ever you do. You could throw 16GBs of ram in that thing and norton would probably still slow it down.

game4it70

lol have u no bed to go to?
very true about norton.i'm bringing up a mouse with me coz those touch pads are cr@p and drive me potty.so i will have more patience to look at it.
its actually a friends 17yo daughters and she uses limewire which means she might have riddled it with all sorts. lol i regularly have to format there desktop they have for the same reasons.

AlmightyCushion

game4it70 wrote: »

lol have u no bed to go to?
very true about norton.i'm bringing up a mouse with me coz those touch pads are cr@p and drive me potty.so i will have more patience to look at it.
its actually a friends 17yo daughters and she uses limewire which means she might have riddled it with all sorts. lol i regularly have to format there desktop they for the same reasons.

Us mods aren't allowed to sleep. I have forbidden my sister from installing limewire on her laptop because I know I'm the one that will have to fix it. If you are constantly fixing their computer over things like limewire, why don't you make something up? Say that limewire can physically break the computer or something like that. Put the fear of god into them.

Mike...

game4it70 wrote: »

its actually a friends 17yo daughters and she uses limewire which means she might have riddled it with all sorts. lol i regularly have to format her for the same reasons.

Try bearshare Lite 5.2.5 no spyware

game4it70

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Us mods aren't allowed to sleep. I have forbidden my sister from installing limewire on her laptop because I know I'm the one that will have to fix it. If you are constantly fixing their computer over things like limewire, why don't you make something up? Say that limewire can physically break the computer or something like that. Put the fear of god into them.

lol dedication thats what i like to see.
yeah formatting the desktop tomorrow and limewire and the likes of are banned on it from now on.

mono that aint funny what u did to the quote:mad:
i hope to see you get a ban for that!

AlmightyCushion

game4it70 wrote: »

mono that aint funny what u did to the quote:mad:
i hope to see you get a ban for that!

It was just a joke man, you really shouldn't take it seriously.

Mike...

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

It was just a joke man, you really shouldn't take it seriously.

Cheers Cusion, it was a bit close to the line but it sounded so funny when i though of it..

Game4it

It was a joke man and it also tied in well with your username