Know what you mean. I don't plan to use the netbook for heavy tasks; just browsing, e-mail, office work, instant messaging, occasional calling on Skype, and that's about it. I intend to use the netbook for what they're worth; to communicate in a more mobile fashion like everybody else does. The laptop will be used for the same purposes, with additional more powerful tasks like watching DVDs, rip and burn CD/DVDs, etc. I'm happy with the performance now anyway so will just leave it. Once again thanks all for the help. I'm new to this area of computing you see hence the many questions.
Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chrishallsworth7266 I am also on Facebook. On 29/12/2009 15:58, Ibrahim Gucukoglu wrote:
Hi Chris. In all honesty, a memory upgrade is only going to be worth doing if you plan to multi task, watch dvd's or run intensive multimedia applications. If you only plan to use your netbook for basic tasks such as browsing while out and about, checking email and word processing, spreadsheets etc, you'll not benefit greatly from a memory upgrade. All the best, Ibrahim. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 3:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Upgrading RAM on NetbookThanks all for the help. My performance is a little better now I deleted some stuff from starting up, as well as doing some houseclaning thanks all to CCleaner. It's a little more snappier now. One concern is that it still uses up over half of my 1GB RAM. Currently Task Manager shows 685MB. So I am still looking into upgrading RAM, although should I be all that concerned? Once again thanks all for the help. Chris hallsworth e-mail: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chrishallsworth7266 On 29/12/2009 13:10, Hussein Patwa wrote:Apologies, I replied to a previous message in error. To avoid confusion I'll repost this to keep the thread intact: Hi, There are the standard tweaks of making sure you don't have too much loading at startup that you don't need. This includes utilities that may have been pre-loaded and configured with the netbook. Then, you can make sure your settings in Control Panel> System> Advanced> Advanced are set for best performance. I've found that the configuration of the theme and display settings does a lot for screen reader performance and the sluggishness of the machine in general. Take a look at this site and see what you can do with it: http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm It made a very significant difference to the performance of my own machine. For MS Office applications, disable unused addins such as OneNote, and for IE, Research, Bluetooth, etc. Having done this, you should be some way to having a faster machine. Of course, remember that you cannot actually increase the speed of the thing, only give the remaining programs more resources to take a share of by restricting other programs that do not need them. My friend I mentioned previously followed the above and was able to do without a RAM upgrade. HTH. _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. Hussein Patwa Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK) Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP) Skype: patwaspotterfan2 GoogleTalk: thewanderingwriter Web: www.patwanet.co.uk My Blog: http://patwaspotterfan.livejournal.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510013486 Please note: For security reasons calls from witheld numbers may not be connected. Please release your number so it can be viewed prior to calling. 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Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopherh40@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chrishallsworth7266 I am also on Facebook. On 28/12/2009 20:41, Hussein Patwa wrote:Hi, The advantage of extra RAM shows itself when running multipleprograms, orprograms which need to store a lot of data in memory. the latterworks asthere is then a reduced need to keep accessing frequently used datafromthe hard disk as it removes this bottleneck. My friend noticed a significant improvement in screen readerperformanceafter he upgraded the RAM on his Toshiba netbook, particularly whenit wasrun in conjunction with MS Office and whilst browsing the web. Ifyoutake the screen reader out of the equation the performance gain isstillnoticeable but to a lesser extent. However, you should perhaps try some of the more common tweaks to tryandeek out as much performance as you can from the netbook as it isbeforecommitting to the expense of the RAM upgrade. Given that you haveWindows7 Starter, it will already be lighter than a more bulky version ofthe OS,but there are a few things you can still play with to speed it up a little. HTH. H.Hello all, I have an Asus 1005HA running 7 Starter. I'm very happy with it, butisthere any advantage in upgrading from 1GB to 2GB of RAM? Thank you very much. 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