Re: Where get Windows?

[Ethan]

I wasn't done posting, and I'm sure Inverted wasn't either.

my parents have vista and it is slow as crap.
then again my brother has XP which is also pretty slow.

A lot of it would have to do with how fragmented the drive is, how long since last format, and of course the specs of the rig.

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[Mr.Noßody]

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[Madmitten]

I wasn't done posting, and I'm sure Inverted wasn't either.
A lot of it would have to do with how fragmented the drive is, how long since last format, and of course the specs of the rig.

they have a 3.0 processor and its pretty slow
i have a 1.8 and it rarely freezes.
do the 2 user accounts on there have to do with it?

[Ethan]

they have a 3.0 processor and its pretty slow
i have a 1.8 and it rarely freezes.
do the 2 user accounts on there have to do with it?

What about RAM, as it takes over twice as much RAM to run Vista at comparable speeds as it does to run XP.

[Inv3rted]

they have a 3.0 processor and its pretty slow
i have a 1.8 and it rarely freezes.
do the 2 user accounts on there have to do with it?

3.0 ghz single core is a piece of ass compared to even a 1.8ghz dual core.

At any rate, Vista isn't "slow" unless you're running it on a computer that doesn't meet the minimum requirements.

[OneWithFire]

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[Ethan]

Computers get slow with use, so it's a good idea to totally wipe the HD and reinstall windows and all your other stuff just to give it a refresher and get it back up to factory speeds.

[Madmitten]

What about RAM, as it takes over twice as much RAM to run Vista at comparable speeds as it does to run XP.

i have way less ram than they do
they have like 546 mb and i have 445 mb
they have 128 vram and i have 64 vram

[Inv3rted]

they have like 546 mb and i have 445 mb

doesn't meet the minimum requirements.

[Rughugger]

I was able to run Windows XP Pro off of 256MB of ram and could play a few games on it. Granted it was mostly Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island. Hardly recourse consumers.

[Ethan]

I'm sitting here with a Ultimate box.

Minimum requirements:
800MHz processor.
512 MB RAM.
20GB HD.
15GB free space.
Super VGA graphics.
CD-ROM drive.

Recommended:
1GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
1GB RAM.
40GB HD.
At least 15GB free space.
DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM driver, 128MB RAM, Pixel Shader 2.0, 32 Bits per pixel.
DVD-ROM drive.

Your 445MB doesn't reach that, and their 546MB only gets through by the skin of their teeth, causing low effect detail and poor performance.

I was able to run Windows XP Pro off of 256MB of ram and could play a few games on it. Granted it was mostly Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island. Hardly recourse consumers.

XP doesn't need much memory, 64MB to be exact.

[Rughugger]

True, but my computer was hardly a performance machine. Constantly had to replace bad hard drives and what not. Even fixed a small burnout on my motherboard with legos and a copper penny. Granted, it blew out almost immediately, but it held for a couple days. Never ran anything, but it started up. lol

[Bisjac]

min requirements for vista is like 512m
xp min is like 128m

[Madmitten]

I'm sitting here with a Ultimate box.

Minimum requirements:
800MHz processor.
512 MB RAM.
20GB HD.
15GB free space.
Super VGA graphics.
CD-ROM drive.

Recommended:
1GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor.
1GB RAM.
40GB HD.
At least 15GB free space.
DirectX 9 graphics with WDDM driver, 128MB RAM, Pixel Shader 2.0, 32 Bits per pixel.
DVD-ROM drive.

Your 445MB doesn't reach that, and their 546MB only gets through by the skin of their teeth, causing low effect detail and poor performance.
XP doesn't need much memory, 64MB to be exact.

i plan on building my own someday
I recently took apart an old broken emachine laying around, the computer guy said the harddrive was corrupted, does that mean i can replace the HDD and it'll work fine again?
also, it is hard as heck to get in that thing, my hands were sore from trying to fit them in that tight space of an industrially built computer

[Ethan]

i plan on building my own someday
I recently took apart an old broken emachine laying around, the computer guy said the harddrive was corrupted, does that mean i can replace the HDD and it'll work fine again?
also, it is hard as heck to get in that thing, my hands were sore from trying to fit them in that tight space of an industrially built computer

Should do. Just make sure you get the right size (inch-wise) and that it's the right type (most likely IDE, SATA or SATA II). Also, it should be at least 20GB to hold an OS. 40GB to be safe. If I were you, I would get a second opinion just to make sure it is the HD. What does it say when you turn it on?

Also, that's strange. Mine is a prebuilt in a pretty small case, but it's got snap-locks for everything, even the HD's, instead of screws, to make everything easier to change. Strange considering you aren't supposed to get into them because the warranty is void if you do.