Hi everyone I have a:
Dell Optiplex GX520
pentium 4ht
Windows XP Professional version 2002 Service Pack(SP)2
4cpu 3.00GHz
0.99GB of ram
And drive C is 37.19GB
at here and I have a vista home update that I could put on there. I heard some bad things about it but I just woundering do I have enough space and will it run fastly!? Also I know I dont have hardly any hardrive space plus, I think I uesed about 31gb out of the 37 that I have. Also I dont think I could switch back to xp becuase I lost all the of the diskes it came with!
So should I install the vista!? Or keep the XP Professional?
2007-06-03 07:06:40 · 7 answers · asked by Alan 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
It's Home Basic****!
2007-06-03 07:10:45 · update #1
Myself I would stay with the XP.
If, you do want to upgrade be sure to check the compatibility of all your Hardware and Software to be sure they will work, upgrade or have Drivers available.
It looks like you have enough RAM and Hard Drive to install.
Most say 1 GB of RAM which, that really what you got. More RAM never hurts though.
HEY! I got thinking about you say Home Basic. You may want to read the Article I link to;
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129483/article.html
Be sure how long Support for your Vista will be. Just thought you may want to know. Microsoft may have more information on this.
2007-06-03 07:16:40 · answer #1 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For home basic, I don't think you should have any problems. There are a lot of hardware and software incompatibilities still...although they are slowly being resolved. Here is a handy link to check them.
http://www.iexbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Windows_Vista_Software_Compatibility_List
If you were installing vista premium or anything like that, I would recommend more ram to allow the aero effects and the like. I'm running 2 gigs and haven't had any problems with it.
Keep in mind that there are a lot of complaints about slow speed and whatnot...I did experience some slowdown in regards to file copying and the like, but that slowly seems to increase speed with time. The file-indexing is great...it is so fast that most searches on my computer are done before I finish typing the query...but that seems to be offset by more hard drive usage and longer file copying, at least till the computer gets settled, so to speak.
Also, you may wish to eventually upgrade HD space. My windows folder by itself is 8 gigs or so....a lot of the programs and add ons and whatnot bulk up the HD space requirements.
Hope this helps.
2007-06-03 14:26:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive heard vista isnt compatable with all XP stuff yet. You should wait a year or two to update to vista so all the kinks and bugs can be worked out.
2007-06-03 14:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by Brandon V 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is it, may I ask, that entices you people to buy a dell in the first place? If you wanna try Vista and its heart aches, go ahead....after all, you will, anyway.
2007-06-03 15:51:16 · answer #4 · answered by duron1_2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try Dell support
http://support.dell.com
But I personaly would not because of your limited disk space.
2007-06-03 14:35:07 · answer #5 · answered by DOUGLAS M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your RAM is perfect but you should try upgrading your Harddisk. So no
2007-06-03 14:23:26 · answer #6 · answered by Moss gets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thin you could if you wanted to.
2007-06-03 14:18:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋