k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

I have a gateway laptop about a year old. its got 512 ram and 80g hard drive. right now its being fixxed cause theres some wrong with the power cord and battery. but my question is, while its being fixxed should I have it upgraded to a 1g or higher ram and a bigger hard drive? plus what's special about Windows Vista? is it worth upgrading to that too? or should I be looking at a new laptop?

szuberi

i suggest you upgrade teh memory if the machine is being serviced for sure. hard drive upgrade is more dependent on how much you are left with and your personal usage and storage needs. vista just arrived....so i dont know.

i dont think you need a new laptop if this one can be fixed.

imported_ERTW

are you running out of hard drive space? (hard drive)

is your computer taking a long time between when you switch tasks and issue commands? (ram)

chances are your laptop is not powerful enough to run vista, vista has HUGE hardware requirements. If XP is doing it for you, why switch to some first release of Vista that will have lots of bugs?

I would leave it alone and save your money. Get a new laptop in a year or so.

imported_Zyepher

Damn...I should really upgrade my ram.

J

if your laptop is a year old you won't be able to run windows vista

imported_dr.drew1987

i ran vista when the beta came out and im running it now currently on my one computer. It uses around 700MB of ram just by doing nothing so your gonna need quite a bit to run smooth. Laptops aren't that good for graphics so vista would probably be a no no.

Cynikal.Mindset

gawd damn 700mb of ram at idle???

what a waste of computing

civicnation

im not upgrading to vista until after at least a year of it being out.

DumbasSi

My Gateway is super slow too. I guess I need some RAM.

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

I think I'm just going to upgrade my ram right now. its starting to get a little slow. I'll wait a while for Vista to work any bugs out and by then I can afford a new laptop.

imported_Bruce Fee

if you buy a high end laptop in 6 months i don't think it will be powerful enough to run vista!

ram upgrades are always good!

szuberi

vista is so over rated

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

Thanx for the help guys. I just had the laptop upgraded to 1g ram. its a lil bit faster at doing things now. lol

imported_viper_2_4

what takes a lot of power is the fancy 3d desktop in vista...I think if you turn that off (or buy the basic version) its less hardware heavy...you could probably run it (but thats probably the reason most upgrade)...