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Mihx · 01-23-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by bonjurkes

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actually i don't want to say use XP to people i am not a ms fan, i even hate ie7 because it also mess up everything. I also hate god damn firefox because its " the server responding too late" errors. I am using Opera now also but it also kills system if you are using it with Vista but its much better than ie7.

Maybe i should just downgrade to XP and use maxthon, because If you have less than 2 gb ram Vista is not a good idea if you don't want to read whole daily newspaper while Vista fully ready.

2 GB seems to be the sweet spot for Vista - anything less, or at least anything less than 1.5 and it will regularly feel sluggish during normal operation, and more is really only needed if you use your computer for things like 3D rendering or video or (very heavy) image editing (and to utilize more than around 3.2 GB it's worth noting that you need a 64-bit Vista version).

If you're having problems with Opera and other browsers "killing" your system, I'm assuming you don't have enough RAM (and you sort of indicate that of course).

Everything I've been doing on this Vista laptop (40+ tabs in two Opera windows, several tabs in IE7, torrent downloads, 720p HD video in WMP, CorelDraw X3 - each on their own or all at the same time, and obviously with the Vista Aero theme, sidebar gadgets and other visual stuff turned on) has been smooth sailing with 2 GB RAM, and I even have my CPU set at 60% speed in the power management options most of the time to keep the fan noise down on this laptop.