iq_132 Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 1.2GB of memory? That's disgusting, XP Pro with all the bells and whistles and my filemanager running with firefox open and antivirus etc etc, is using 590MB of RAM here. Hell my PEAK usage was under 800MB, and that was after running MAME! I have 4gb of ram... it really isn't that big of a deal for me. ^^
ken_cinder Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 That doesn't matter. That's like saying "I'm a millionaire, so I don't care that gas costs $5 a gallon/$2 a litre". Attached a screenshot as proof in previous post.
gavin19 Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 It does seem a bit much. Typically XP uses 400MB, and when I used Vista Ultimate it was more like 700MB. I read that MS said the minimum requirements were the same as Vista, ie. 1GHz processor/1 GB RAM/15GB HDD space. I'm due to get a new computer soon and I thought 2GB would have been ok, but I think I'll go with 4GB now to be safe. I guess I'm too used to this slimline, lightweight OS. Looks like I'll just have to put up with the bloat like everyone else
Elazul Yagami Posted January 11, 2009 Posted January 11, 2009 once xp dies.i'm going the path of linux permanently.
Bobdrakke Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 Just wait for a tweaked ver just like last xp / tiny xp, or try 2003/8 or even 64bit XP(vista drivers seem to work from internet postings same for 2k8).
Bambi Posted January 12, 2009 Posted January 12, 2009 I installed it to my MAME cabinet & it works fast. Keeps saying my copy isn't genuine every minute too.That's odd. Which key did you use? The first one for 32-bit
Gryph Posted January 12, 2009 Author Posted January 12, 2009 Very strange. I haven't heard of that happening elsewhere.
Exp44 Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Installed it as dual boot with vista on a machine with 3 gigs of ram, and I personally like it. Definitely faster than vista, and looks better too. Love the new taskbar. When I free up some space on my main machine (got it 4 years ago, only has 70 gigs of hard drive space - yuck, yes I know - but thankfully I'm getting a new computer soon) I'll try it as a dual boot with XP. Also, if any of you know if booting 7 from an external hard drive (usb) is possible, could you let me know? Wouldn't actually do it myself, just curious.
iq_132 Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I installed it to my MAME cabinet & it works fast. Keeps saying my copy isn't genuine every minute too.That's odd. Which key did you use? The first one for 32-bit Check your date/time. Mine randomly set itself to 2010 for some reason.
Gryph Posted January 15, 2009 Author Posted January 15, 2009 I personally like it. Definitely faster than vista, and looks better too. Love the new taskbar.Yup, that's what I'm thinking too. This is what Vista should have been.
Bambi Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I installed it to my MAME cabinet & it works fast. Keeps saying my copy isn't genuine every minute too.That's odd. Which key did you use? The first one for 32-bit Check your date/time. Mine randomly set itself to 2010 for some reason. Mine is doing that also, Should I re-install it again and try a different key?
Inky Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 vista was being a d!ck and would not let me partition my hard drive no matter what I tried. so I just did the upgrade. so far so good.
Bobdrakke Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I've heard vista basic is more responsive on older hardware and faster than the other ver. Fair enough its cut down ver but if surfing, ms office and mail are your only requirements then its viable option.
iq_132 Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I installed it to my MAME cabinet & it works fast. Keeps saying my copy isn't genuine every minute too.That's odd. Which key did you use? The first one for 32-bit Check your date/time. Mine randomly set itself to 2010 for some reason. Mine is doing that also, Should I re-install it again and try a different key? A clean format + install (not update) has solved every issue I was having from my first install (update from vista 64 ultimate).
Exp44 Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) I personally like it. Definitely faster than vista, and looks better too. Love the new taskbar.Yup, that's what I'm thinking too. This is what Vista should have been.Absolutely. Now, I'm not totally fed up with Vista, as I can live with it. But you are right - 7 is what Microsoft should have released 2 years ago. I'm just glad that Microsoft managed to get it right this time. Dang I really need to free up some space so I can run it on my own machine... Edited January 15, 2009 by Exp44
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