On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:10:08 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

Lead by example. :-)

Lead away, we're all watching.

And let's make it a *good* example. :-)

JimH wrote:



My son's laptop has 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm memory and the processor is
AMD
Turion 64 X2 TL-60 (2.0GHz/1MB).

I posed the question of the concerns posted here in a computer forum.
Here
is one of the responses I received from what I would judge to be one of
the
experts in the forum on computers

I had a new desktop built in February loaded with Vista. It's wonderful
and
I am delighted with it.
-----------------------------------
Every time MS brings out new software the prophets of doom and gloom come
out of their comfort zone and start whining. The people who condemn Vista
today are the same people who tomorrow will enjoy Vista and will have
forgotten their reluctance to change. It's no different to the same
arguments made when changing from Windows 95 to 98 and then to XP all over
again.

The main protagonists seem to be conservative and frugal home and small
business users who cannot easily afford the hardware required and large
commercial organizations where such a major change would eat into their
mega
profits.

Take no notice and enjoy it.


JimH,

I have to throw in the towel, when you provide irrefutable proof like
this what can I say. It is obvious Vista is a supreme OS, that will not
slow down your machine and will not cause any problems. That probably
is why MS is in no hurry to release their SP1 update.

Are you going to follow Harry's advice and add an additional 2 GB of RAM?

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
JimH wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
news On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:04:39 -0400, HK
wrote:

VISTA isn't slow if you are running the right processor and an
appropriate amount of memory for the applications you use.
You really shouldn't need a state-of-the-art, multi-core, multi
processor, 2 Gig PC just to support the operating system, although I
have to admit that IBM has frequently moved in that direction.
Today's
VISTA compatible PCs have more hardware resources available to them
than a corporate mainframe computer 15 years ago. To do what?
Browse
the web, type EMAILs, run spreadsheets, play music....

Ridiculous.


"640k of memory should be enough for anybody"
Bill Gates, circa 1981

If you haven't already, don't waste $$$ on MS Office 2007. Also,
when you add programs, VISTA asks you every time if you really want
to do this. You can shut this off, but you ought to leave it on for
a few weeks so you have an idea of some of the intracacies of the OS.

Most of us spell intricacies correctly.


Bert A. Robbins, of Rockville, chimes in...
He's the self-taught IT guy.

You still have my file, but you have done a poor job of keeping it up
to date. You are slipping Krause.

BTW, any pictures of your 36' Zimmerman like Lobsta' boat?

Lots of pictures.

Rockville, Damascus, Gaithersburg...one of those crowded 'burbs, right?
I mean, I can't tell them apart.

I didn't make the BAR-Robbins connection until you revealed yourself as
the "self-made" IT go-fer.

You should be ashamed of your self. Old age is very unkind to you. Did
you get your afternoon nap today?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:46:43 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

Lead by example Wayne...........something we can all do.

Yes *we* could.

If you can straighten out Harry I'll tackle everyone else.


That'll be fun to watch. I'll remind you of your pledge.

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:08:15 -0400, BAR wrote:

Proably the most fun computer was the VIC-20 and when I upgraded to
the Commodore 64 I was in hog heaven - man, could I do some stuff with
that. It still runs.

You should donate it to a computer museum.

I would, but I have a problem with old pieces like this - I tend to
keep them.

Besides, you can't get video games like the ones that ran on the C-64
- in particular "Omega Race" which I still enjoy playing once in a
while. :)

There is a ham here in Woodstock who still has his packet node running
on a C-64.

I've got my packet node, weather station and KAM running on a old 486
machine which, for my money, was one of the best processors ever
designed. It's gone through one power supply, but still runs like a
champ. I don't think it's been turned off in ten years or so (power
interruptions excepted).

Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:46:43 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

Lead by example Wayne...........something we can all do.

Yes *we* could.

If you can straighten out Harry I'll tackle everyone else.

Please be careful, my back is sore from tonights workout at the SPA.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

Are you going to follow Harry's advice and add an additional 2 GB of RAM?

It's not necessary for most apps, and not really necessary for some I
run, but in some circumstances, the ability to address about another gig
and a quarter of RAM speeds up some processes.

Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:46:43 -0400, " JimH" ask wrote:

Lead by example Wayne...........something we can all do.

Yes *we* could.
If you can straighten out Harry I'll tackle everyone else.

Please be careful, my back is sore from tonights workout at the SPA.





I'll bet.

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..

Bert A. Robbins, of Rockville, chimes in...
He's the self-taught IT guy.


This can't be that pretend marine who soiled this newsgroup a couple of
years ago?



You and Krause should be ashamed of yourselves for letting a "pretend
marine who soiled this newsgroup" to fool you for a couple of years.
Some other "pretend marines" and an army doggie figured out who I was
rather quickly after I changed my from address.

HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:

Are you going to follow Harry's advice and add an additional 2 GB of RAM?

It's not necessary for most apps, and not really necessary for some I
run, but in some circumstances, the ability to address about another gig
and a quarter of RAM speeds up some processes.



Address? Address? You can address all of the memory space all of the
time. What makes a processor run faster is to have a great pre-fetch or
a lot of real and fast memory available.