Help save the embarassment xp pro svc pack2

[Jake]

Hi I am just one of the data input monkey's in a very large office, 450
plus desk terminals networked to main server (server bit is my guess)
We have just been upgraded to xp pro svc pack2 (from NT2K)
Our desk PC terminals 1.7Ghz 256MB RAM
On the desk pc we have XPP/SP2 MS Office and two very large data sheets
which is I suppose on the main server
Since the "upgrade" everytime we access XL up pops the your virtual memory
is low swoping etc

The embarassing bit, I said to an IT support bod, I believe the RAM should
be at least 512Mb in this situation, and was promptly told that 64Mb is
sufficient and our 256Mb is more than enough
Is their any way I can save face or is the IT 100% correct
Should have kept my mouth shut in front of $eity

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Hi I am just one of the data input monkey's in a very large office,
450 plus desk terminals networked to main server (server bit is my
guess) We have just been upgraded to xp pro svc pack2 (from NT2K)
Our desk PC terminals 1.7Ghz 256MB RAM
On the desk pc we have XPP/SP2 MS Office and two very large data
sheets which is I suppose on the main server
Since the "upgrade" everytime we access XL up pops the your virtual
memory is low swoping etc

The embarassing bit, I said to an IT support bod, I believe the RAM
should be at least 512Mb in this situation, and was promptly told
that 64Mb is sufficient and our 256Mb is more than enough
Is their any way I can save face or is the IT 100% correct
Should have kept my mouth shut in front of $eity

Your RAM in a business situation should be 512MB or greater.
I would recommend 1GB per machine, personally.

While they are technically correct and you can INSTALL Windows XP with 64MB
memory - it's a matter of what you plan on doing with it and if you want to
be productive or always waiting on the system to catch up. In the case of a
business, it is stupid not to have at least 512MB memory on Windows XP
computers these days. You can use 256MB just loading the OS, Antivirus,
Firewall and other basics - eating up evenmore when you open an office
application.

What I am telling you is that your IT people are technically correct - you
can run Windows XP with 256MB or less (64MB even) - but in a business
environment - to say that is the way it should be/is sufficient is ignorance
at best.

 

[Jake]

Shenan Stanley wrote:

Snip

What I am telling you is that your IT people are technically correct
- you can run Windows XP with 256MB or less (64MB even) - but in a
business environment - to say that is the way it should be/is
sufficient is ignorance at best.

End Snip

Thanks for the reply Shenan
I will use it, though I would be wise to miss the last sentence

Jake

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thanks for the reply Shenan
I will use it, though I would be wise to miss the last sentence

http://www.crucial.com/library/howmuch.asp

 

[Jake]

http://www.crucial.com/library/howmuch.asp

Ooo er I can not afford to pay for the whole office myself
and there are sixty more, a major British Government Public xxxxx with over
six million applicants
Oh thats me sacked then :-(

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi I am just one of the data input monkey's in a very large office, 450
plus desk terminals networked to main server (server bit is my guess)
We have just been upgraded to xp pro svc pack2 (from NT2K)
Our desk PC terminals 1.7Ghz 256MB RAM
On the desk pc we have XPP/SP2 MS Office and two very large data sheets
which is I suppose on the main server
Since the "upgrade" everytime we access XL up pops the your virtual memory
is low swoping etc

The embarassing bit, I said to an IT support bod, I believe the RAM should
be at least 512Mb in this situation, and was promptly told that 64Mb is
sufficient and our 256Mb is more than enough

Your alleged "IT bod" is in the wrong line of work. Suggest he try
McDonalds.

Is their any way I can save face or is the IT 100% correct
Should have kept my mouth shut in front of $eity

Additional RAM would be much better. Despite Microsoft's marketing
claims, 256 Mb of RAm is barely adequate fot the OS, by itself. Once
you add resource-hungry applications to the mix, you quickly pile up the
need for more RAM. For what you describe, I'd think a minimum of 512 Mb
would be indicated. However, error messages concerning the swap file
aren't usually the result of a small amount of RAM; more often, such
messages are caused by a over-full, too small, or badly fragmented hard
drive.


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[Pop`]

Your RAM in a business situation should be 512MB or greater.
I would recommend 1GB per machine, personally.

While they are technically correct and you can INSTALL Windows XP
with 64MB memory - it's a matter of what you plan on doing with it
and if you want to be productive or always waiting on the system to
catch up. In the case of a business, it is stupid not to have at
least 512MB memory on Windows XP computers these days. You can use
256MB just loading the OS, Antivirus, Firewall and other basics -
eating up evenmore when you open an office application.

What I am telling you is that your IT people are technically correct
- you can run Windows XP with 256MB or less (64MB even) - but in a
business environment - to say that is the way it should be/is
sufficient is ignorance at best.

I susptect this guy may be on a dumb terminal and not be aware of it. The
64k is probably what the ternimal has in it.

Pop`

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Thanks for the reply Shenan
I will use it, though I would be wise to miss the last sentence

http://www.crucial.com/library/howmuch.asp

Ooo er I can not afford to pay for the whole office myself
and there are sixty more, a major British Government Public xxxxx
with over six million applicants
Oh thats me sacked then :-(

The link was not for pricing - but to show you the tables that demonstrate
quite well how much RAM would be needed for certain things.