Yet another Vista Question....?

Question

if i get the Vista: Home Basic while running with 1.21 Gigs of RAM, and 23 gigs of free space on my Local C disk, will it make my computer slower??

Answer 1

I'm running Vista ultimate flawlessly with 1GB of ram.You are more than fine with basic since it is not include the "aero: option but your free space is realy realy low.Get a bigger hard drive.

Answer 2

Vista will generally run slower than XP, especially on systems with less than 2GB of memory.

It may still be usable for you. However you need to make 100% sure that all of your existing hardware, especially disk controller and sound card, have good compatible Vista drivers. That is the #1 source of frustration with Vista upgrades.

Answer 3

I have Vista Home Basic. Started with 512mb RAM. Forget it.

Upgraded RAM to 1gb. Works fine for me, however, I don't do games or video. If you do, you will probably need more memory than I. If you don't, clean house. Here's what you can do for yourself:

1. Set wallpaper and screensavers to blank or none — they run continuously in the background and use memory.
-----right-click on the desktop, select Properties
-----click the screensaver tab, on the left where it says "screensaver," select none.
-----click the desktop tab, for background, select none
2. Review your start menu – remove anything you don’t need on a daily basis — load games, etc. on an as-needed basis.
-----click Start, Settings, Taskbar and Start Menu
-----click the Start Menu tab
-----select a program you do not want to load at Startup, then click remove.
-----Caution -- do not touch anything you are not sure of or you will mess up your computer royally.
3. From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options: delete cookies, delete files (offline), and clear history. (You can also set days to store history to 0.)
----- These actions will clear your computer’s cache. (http://help.yahoo.com/l/ph/yahoo/mail/access/access-27210.html )
4. Run Disk Cleanup, Scandisk, Defrag at least every two weeks (the more frequently they are run, the less time they take). These can be found in Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools.
5. Periodically, click Start, Programs, Run — then type ipconfig renew
(that’s ipconfig space renew).
6. Optional: Speed vs Goodies — in the Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance, Settings — you can have visual effects or let Windows select the best options. I am using “Best Performance.” Your choice.
These things should increase speed and free up memory as much as possible.

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Fast Windows Fixes
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139784-page,1/article.html

Top 10 Causes of a Slow or Freezing PC
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http://www.microsoft.com/AtWork/getstarted/speed.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/optimize.mspx

Answer 4

Hi. Probably. Vista like fast hardware and lots of elbow room in RAM.

Answer 5

I Have Home Basic I HAve 80g harddrive i only have 27 g free. i created another user account the other day and it runs faster than mine but i think its a software thing

Answer 6

i upgraded XP home to Vista Ultimate. At first it seems slow but you get used to it. There are also more advantages including security (more secure) and neater graphics. If such things dont turn you on, dont upgrade.

Answer 7

Undoubtedly. Do NOT get Vista. It is NOT cool, nor more secure, nor better in any way, shape, or form

Answer 8

Vista itself is slow....I would stick with XP for now....Especially wince SP3 is due out..

Answer 9

yes.
you need to get an external hard drive. you do not have enough memory