I have a 3 ghz system with 1 gig as well and it tends to be sluggish for me at times. The 2 gig system performs much better for me here. Rick -- Visit my webpage and podcast feed at: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net and my web Blog at: http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/ Join the BGZ mailing list by sending a blank email message to: blind_geek_zone-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put subscribe in the subject line. Contact info: Email - rickharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx & rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype - rharmon928 MSN - rharmon928@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "jim grimsby Jr." <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:39 AM Subject: RE: Vista and memory Hi well I just want to say here I got a system with only a gb of ram and it works really well. No problems what so ever. So my recommendation is if you got a gb or more upgrade. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Harmon Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:45 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Vista and memory 2 gigs is the sweet spot for Vista and my machine has 4 gigs and works great. With Vista the more memory you can give it the better it will perform. Rick -- Visit my webpage and podcast feed at: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net and my web Blog at: http://blind-geek-zone.blogspot.com/ Join the BGZ mailing list by sending a blank email message to: blind_geek_zone-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put subscribe in the subject line. Contact info: Email - rickharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx & rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype - rharmon928 MSN - rharmon928@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <KetchupBoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 10:30 PM Subject: Re: Vista and memory I agree with you that a minimum of two gigabytes is a good amount of memory to have. This is one view. Mister Asner is a very strong advocate for the opposing view. The best thing to do is to ask around and decide for yourself, since both of us can offer equally compeling reasons for our opinions. Bruce -- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.--John 1:12, NIV Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: KetchupBoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Mon, 31 Dec 2007, Vaughan Dodd wrote: > Not true as far as I am aware. > > Seems a strange thing to say, but I have heard it before. > > Generally: My experience with Vista is that the more memory you can chuck > into a machine, the better. Whilst many people think my attitude is a bit > of > overkill, Vista does a lot of behind the scenes stuff and our screen > readers > also have to work hard, consuming a great deal of resource. Whatever > happens, dont' settle for less than 2 gigabytes, and I have four which I > have > found to be a very stable operation. > > Vaughan. > > >> Hello Listers, >> I talked with a sales rep from gateway thursday, and he told me vista >> only >> sees memory up to 3 gigabytes. 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