I had a recently purchased laptop with a Vista OS installed, 512 MB memory, L1 L2 cache memory, Core 2 duo processor, 120 GB hard drive, yet, the computer is very slow in opening an application and crashes when i opened more than 4 applications. What's the matter?
2007-09-27 05:33:26 · 8 answers · asked by sheryl lyn b 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Your Vista operating System should work better with 1 gig of Ram memory or more. 512 mb is not enough to handle all your running programs and hardwares plus the operating system. Lack of Ram memory will cause a computer/laptop to run slow and freeze up. Multi-tasking also becomes very difficult.
You can check your laptop for updates at this Microsoft link
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/windowsupdate.mspx
Service pack 1 is due to be released in the first quarter in 2008. When it does come out get it so your laptop will have the latest updates for your Vista
2007-09-27 05:48:55 · answer #1 · answered by amdiag 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that your computer isn't good enough to run Vista, you need atleast 1gb or more of RAM to run it. You only have 512 mb. Vista is an awful recource hog and will continue to be for its entire life. A free Service Pack will be available with many upgrades that MIGHT help. But no matter what it gives your computer is going to run vista waaaaay to slow. Go back to XP its stable. If vista was installed on your laptop at purchase the people that sold it are idiots to put vista on a computer that has less than a gb of memory. Go back to the store and demand XP in place of Vista! You can also try getting more memory. Get atleast 1 gb if not 2. Hopefully you have enough room in the laptop for that. Hope this helps.
2007-09-27 12:40:06 · answer #2 · answered by Art Vandelay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Updates are generally free. But I would have had at least 1 gig of ram, if not, 2 gigs or more. I bought a laptop from Dell, Vist Basic, 2 gigs of ram (Vista is a memory hog, i knew this early on) Core 2 Duo 1.83GHZ processor 80GB hard drive. I actually "downgraded" back to xp pro. I didn't like Vista, I had too many programs that wouldn't work with it. so i said forget this, and installed xp pro. to begin with xp only needs 128MB of ram, so 512MB is decent. Nowadays though you want to try to buy a computer with at least a gig of ram. Most programs, like Office 2007 (Word, Excel etc.) require a good bit of ram. Hope this helps.
2007-09-27 12:47:09 · answer #3 · answered by Chris F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first got vista still buggy and alot to workout of
for one I would have gotten more memory then 512 for vista takes at leat 1 gig
also did you install any programs that might not work on vista?
2007-09-27 12:37:34 · answer #4 · answered by cherokee.diamond 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definitely upgrade your memory RAM to at least 1 GB pref 2GB. Vista is a memory hog.
2007-09-27 12:40:45 · answer #5 · answered by kc2mfh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
512 MB memory is not sufficient to run any form of Vista-1 Gig is necessary-2gigs is better.
2007-09-27 12:39:01 · answer #6 · answered by Greensideup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need far more than 512Mb for Vista!!! Like, at least 1G, preferably 2G!!! Is there any chance you can upgrade your memory?
2007-09-27 12:38:23 · answer #7 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just put some more ram
2007-09-27 12:37:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋