Operating system and background programs use about 1.2GB of RAM when cold booted
That's a SIN. There was a time when you could run Win98 on 64MB very nicely. Now it takes 1.2 gigs just to boot up. Gates has to be kidding. And you thought Madoff was a scammer. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aryeh Goretsky (home)" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 64 bit Vista > Hello, > > I am running Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition x64 on a T61p (6459-CTO) > without any problems. System was purchased with 1GB of RAM and 80GB SATA HDD > running Vista Home Basic, which I removed and replaced with 4GB of > RAM, a 320GB > SATA HDD and installed a retail version of Vista Ultimate. Currently have a > 500GB SATA HDD installed in it. > > Operating system and background programs use about 1.2GB of RAM when cold > booted, and tends to hover around 1.3-1.4GB during daily usage. > > I use a T60 (no p) at work, and there is not too much difference between the > two, usability-wise. > > Regards, > > Aryeh Goretsky > > > At 10:00 AM 3/13/2009, you wrote: > >Message: 2 > >Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:04:30 -0700 > >From: "Paul Khoury" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] 64 bit Vista > >To: <[email protected]> > >Message-ID: <1fd9a172ed6641dc96fc52d1720ba...@wisconsin> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > >Anyone have any comments on 64 bit Vista? I'm thinking I'd like to run it > >on my new T61p, > >only to reclaim the extra gig of memory (I purchased the machine solely for > >graphic > >editing). I actually use Vista Ultimate (got a free license from a Windows > >Mobile UG I've belonged > >to for over 9 years), and once you tweak it, it's fairly decent, although > >updates take forever and drivers > >are somewhat of a pain. > > > >The X60 Tablet of course remains at XP Pro. I wish I could make this > >faster, because when I tried Photoshop > >CS4 on the tablet, realized I needed a new machine. Any other tidbits about > >the T61p I should > >know about, such as the nvidia graphic performance, or is it fairly > >comparable to the T60p it's replacing? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
