How Much RAM?

[Guest]

How much RAM is really needed to make Vista Home Premium run well? I know
Microsoft says that it needs 1 GB but I've heard that 2 GB is what is really
needed for good performance. Is that true? How much is really needed?
Would 1GB be adequate? Thanks.

 

[MICHAEL]

How much RAM is really needed to make Vista Home Premium run well? I know
Microsoft says that it needs 1 GB but I've heard that 2 GB is what is really
needed for good performance. Is that true? How much is really needed?

2GB. Especially, if you plan to use Media Center.

Would 1GB be adequate?

Yes, 1GB would be *adequate*, but not *optimal*.

Thanks.

-Michael

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

For 32-bit Vista, 1 GB is minimum recommended. For 64-Bit Vista, especially
Home Premium and Ultimate, 2 GBs is recommended for the best performance.
And it does not stop there, a dual core processor also helps out for a
smooth experience. I'm running Vista Business x64 on a Sempron 1.6 GHz, with
512 MBs of RAM and its perfect description of excruciating. You have to take
into account, the operating system, third party applications and devices
that you will be using with the system.

 

[Basil]

2GB. Especially, if you plan to use Media Center.


Yes, 1GB would be *adequate*, but not *optimal*.



-Michael

1Gb is adequate but 2Gb seems much sweeter experience. I started with 512Mb
that worked but............
Basil

 

[Justin]

How much RAM is really needed to make Vista Home Premium run well? I know
Microsoft says that it needs 1 GB but I've heard that 2 GB is what is
really
needed for good performance. Is that true? How much is really needed?
Would 1GB be adequate? Thanks.

It really depends on you. 1GB is fine for a standard set of applications.
However for a more rich multimedia experience and a heavier set of
applications then 2GB would be better.

Or, if you're having to pinch pennies and your system can support it then
1.5GB would be OK as well.

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone!

 

[ray]

How much RAM is really needed to make Vista Home Premium run well? I know
Microsoft says that it needs 1 GB but I've heard that 2 GB is what is really
needed for good performance. Is that true? How much is really needed?
Would 1GB be adequate? Thanks.

Meanwhile, Elive Linux lives quite happily on a P166 with 64mb.

 

[Charles W Davis]

And my supercharged Buick will 'run" on regular unleaded. But for
exhilarating experience and a lack of clatter, it's much better with premium
grade.

I really don't understand the debate. Buy as much as you can afford, then if
you wish to upgrade to Vista Ultimate you won't have to ask how much extra
will I need.

 

[Jawade]

For 32-bit Vista, 1 GB is minimum recommended. For 64-Bit Vista, especially
Home Premium and Ultimate, 2 GBs is recommended for the best performance.
And it does not stop there, a dual core processor also helps out for a
smooth experience. I'm running Vista Business x64 on a Sempron 1.6 GHz, with
512 MBs of RAM and its perfect description of excruciating. You have to take
into account, the operating system, third party applications and devices
that you will be using with the system.

And the maximum for 32bit? I have heard if you have 4GB, the system
use only about 3GB. And if I take 8GB RAM?

 

[Robert Moir]

And the maximum for 32bit? I have heard if you have 4GB, the system
use only about 3GB. And if I take 8GB RAM?

This has been covered no end of time in the Windows groups. A simple google
search should tell you everything you need to know and probably much more
than you wanted about the 4Gb on 32-bit thing.

 

[Jawade]

This has been covered no end of time in the Windows groups. A simple google
search should tell you everything you need to know and probably much more
than you wanted about the 4Gb on 32-bit thing.

I know, but nowere there is a solution. About a couple of years
8 GB RAM is normally for high end systems, and it is strange Vista
32bit cannot handle it. It looks like a bug. Is there a view at
a solution? 64bit has even his troubles with software and maybe
hardware. Is it a idea for me to wait about one year and then
buy a 64bit pc? And wat about mij 16bit software? I see troubles,
troubles, troubles.

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

The 4 GB limit for 32 bit Vista is just a limitation of the 32-bit memory
address space. The only solution is to move to Vista 64-bit which supports
up to 128 GBs of Physical RAM (Ultimate and Enterprise Editions).

 

[Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]]

I don't think Word Processing is all that exciting.

 

[ray]

And my supercharged Buick will 'run" on regular unleaded. But for
exhilarating experience and a lack of clatter, it's much better with premium
grade.

Really. Except for a little engine knock, I would not think it would make
a hell of a lot of difference.

I really don't understand the debate. Buy as much as you can afford, then if
you wish to upgrade to Vista Ultimate you won't have to ask how much extra
will I need.

Depends a little on how much you can afford.

 

[Robert Moir]

I know, but nowere there is a solution. About a couple of years
8 GB RAM is normally for high end systems, and it is strange Vista
32bit cannot handle it. It looks like a bug. Is there a view at
a solution? 64bit has even his troubles with software and maybe
hardware. Is it a idea for me to wait about one year and then
buy a 64bit pc? And wat about mij 16bit software? I see troubles,
troubles, troubles.

With respect, you obviously *don't* 'know', because more than a cursory
glance at the articles concerned would show that this is a hardware
limitation of 32 bit x86-compatible systems (e.g. not a Windows bug) and
while other solutions have been tried (and are still in use on some other
OSes), these have problems of their own and therefore the best long-term
solution is moving to a 64 bit OS.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all the replys!

I don't think Word Processing is all that exciting.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry

 

[Doris Day]

How much RAM is really needed to make Vista Home Premium run well? I know
Microsoft says that it needs 1 GB but I've heard that 2 GB is what is
really
needed for good performance. Is that true? How much is really needed?
Would 1GB be adequate? Thanks.

25GB should do it, if you aren't running too many programs at the same time.

Love and Kisses,
Doris

 

[Doris Day]

Meanwhile, Elive Linux lives quite happily on a P166 with 64mb.

Yey, but Elive is probably the most beautiful desktop out there and is far
too innovative and advanced for this crowd. What would they do if they
couldn't be updating their anti-malware addons and defragging their Sea
drives?

Love and Kisses,
Doris

 

[Doris Day]

2GB. Especially, if you plan to use Media Center.

Why would anyone use such an inferior product when this one is available for
FREE and is far more capable and requires far far less resources and
horsepower to run?

http://tinyurl.com/33b4b4

Love and Kisses,
Doris

 

[ray]

I don't think Word Processing is all that exciting.

Yeah, me too. Fortunately Elive, like all modern Linux distros comes with
about 24000 free apps.