vista slow on this spec machine

[T5]

Hi Guys,

Check this out and let me know what you think.

I have installed the beta as a clean install on a Sony Vaio laptop

Spec:- 1.73 intel processor (wireless)
80gb HDD
DVD writer
1 gb memory
ATI Radeon 600x graphics

Quite a high spec machine would you agree?

It runs slow, is slow to boot

I ran the performance tool and got a 3 rating very poor I think.
Q:- Why does vista ask for a minimum of 15gb Hard drive space when the
program is only 3gb?

Q:- how do I improve the performance rating?

Q:- What is the best available machine (laptop) spec wise for running vista?

Q:- Judging by the length of time that it has taken MS to unwrap the Beta
and judging by the size of the program, everything else ie office, AV, etc
etc is going to require immense processing power and memory usage, at the
moment, machines don't seem to be up to the mark to deal with vista or am I
wrong?
I am from the uk, what is the hghest spec machine that you guys can buy off
the shelf in your country

I do have a pc that has a 500gb HD and a top end processor with 4gb ram and
I suppose it would eat vista but it is all of the other software that I am
concerned about...... how far do we go?

 

[Steve Williamson]

I installed vista on an Athlon 3000 (2ghz), 1gb ddr400, radeon 9800 pro
128mb (which vista lovingly decided was a 256mb model! Known bug). Installed
fine for me apart from the odd process hang here and there - but hey it is
still a beta.

The question is, was it a coincidence or a proper hardware fault that caused
it to Blue Screen after 4 days? Will find out when I get back into XP in a
while.

Steve

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

It is 3GB on the dvd, not on the hard drive. Installation requires 11GB.
You also need space for the page file, temp directories, and software.

Performance rating improves upon upgrading hardware.

There are many opinions about who sells the best laptop for Vista. A laptop
that is sold as "Vista Ready" and has the specs you like is the one to buy.

It is a myth that Vista and Office will require immense power over and above
current machines. Any standard machine manufactured in the past two years
and most manufactureed in the past four will handle them. Also, Vista
scales to older hardware better than XP did at the time XP released.

Vista is being engineered to take advantage of hardware advances of the past
five years, not the next five; particularly with regards to graphics
processors and 64-bit computing. It is not engineered for hardware not yet
developed. That means any computer incorporating current hardware will be
fine.

 

[Conor]

Hi Guys,

Check this out and let me know what you think.

I have installed the beta as a clean install on a Sony Vaio laptop

Spec:- 1.73 intel processor (wireless)
80gb HDD
DVD writer
1 gb memory
ATI Radeon 600x graphics

Quite a high spec machine would you agree?

It runs slow, is slow to boot

ITS A ****ING BETA YOU HALFWIT. Drivers are immature.

I ran the performance tool and got a 3 rating very poor I think.
Q:- Why does vista ask for a minimum of 15gb Hard drive space when the
program is only 3gb?

because it has to expand the installation files.

Q:- how do I improve the performance rating?

Wait for better drivers.

Q:- What is the best available machine (laptop) spec wise for running vista?

Non until mature drivers come out.

Q:- Judging by the length of time that it has taken MS to unwrap the Beta
and judging by the size of the program, everything else ie office, AV, etc
etc is going to require immense processing power and memory usage, at the
moment, machines don't seem to be up to the mark to deal with vista or am I
wrong?

Yes because you're ****ing clueless and blind. Notice the word BETA in
there? It means IT IS A TEST RELEASE. The code isn't optimised and
neither are the drivers.

 

[T5]

thx guys
I appreciate your comments

It is 3GB on the dvd, not on the hard drive. Installation requires 11GB.
You also need space for the page file, temp directories, and software.

Performance rating improves upon upgrading hardware.

There are many opinions about who sells the best laptop for Vista. A
laptop that is sold as "Vista Ready" and has the specs you like is the one
to buy.

It is a myth that Vista and Office will require immense power over and
above current machines. Any standard machine manufactured in the past two
years and most manufactureed in the past four will handle them. Also,
Vista scales to older hardware better than XP did at the time XP released.

Vista is being engineered to take advantage of hardware advances of the
past five years, not the next five; particularly with regards to graphics
processors and 64-bit computing. It is not engineered for hardware not
yet developed. That means any computer incorporating current hardware
will be fine.

 

[Roy Coorne]

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
....

Vista is being engineered to take advantage of hardware advances of the past
five years, not the next five; particularly with regards to graphics
processors and 64-bit computing. It is not engineered for hardware not yet
developed. ...

So what about DirectX 10 and the video cards developed (but offered in
2007 only)?!

Roy

 

[T5]

mmmmmmmmmm............ over to you Colin

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
...

So what about DirectX 10 and the video cards developed (but offered in
2007 only)?!

Roy

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Obviously anything in current development can be taken into account both by
MS and by the third party manufacturers in terms of features, but the
hardware profile models for Vista are already set. In other words, you
cannot optimize code not yet written.