Sounds good - it certainly won't hurt your machine to have a bit of breathing space. Obviously let us know if the behaviour of Sib Access changes. Best wishes. Tim Burgess Raised Bar Ltd Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: 25 January 2009 21:12 To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Fearther to my stop plug in U R RIGHT, I'LL BUY ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 5:43 PM Subject: [sib-access] Re: Fearther to my stop plug in > I'm afraid where "Minimum Requirements" are concerned, I generally > take these to mean "AVAILABLE" resources. > > For example, I have a Vista Ultimate system here. I am only running > Outlook (not even JAWS), and Task Manager tells me that 48% of my 1.5 > GB of memory is in use. Roughly speaking, that's 750 MB of available > memory. > > XP system may run with 512 MB, but by the time you add JAWS and other > applications, your available memory is almost nil, and so the SWAP > file on your hard drive is working overtime. > > Frankly, without adaptive software to consider, I'd personally never > consider less than 1 GB of RAM in an XP System other than for very > light use. Obviously costs where you are may be high, but in the UK > and USA, memory is a relatively low cost commodity, and well worth the > investment given the performance benefits. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa > Sent: 25 January 2009 10:05 > To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [sib-access] Fearther to my stop plug in > > hi dan; > > Sorry for my late reply, > > today, i make a check on my computer and the sibelius web site to see > if i > have anything wrong. > > on the site, they said: > > Minimum requirements for Sibelius 5 alone: > > Windows XP SP2 32-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit, 512MB+ RAM, 350MB hard > disk > space, DVD-ROM drive > > And my computer is: > > Microsoft Windows XP > Professional > Version 2002 > Service Pack 3 > Computer: > Intel(R) > Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz > 2.41 GHz, 512 MB of RAM > > Ok?, but they said: > > Additional requirements for using Sibelius Sounds Essentials and > Kontakt > Player 2, especially for scores with many instruments: > Pentium or Athlon 1.4 GHz (or faster), 1GB+ total physical RAM, 3.5GB > total > hard disk space, > ASIO-compatible soundcard > . You may be able to use Sibelius Sounds Essentials if your computer > doesn't > meet the recommended requirements, but you may find that you cannot > use as > many sounds simultaneously. > > The problem isn't on the sound at all, > > so, what do u think? > > Thanks allot > Cheers > Ramy Moustafa > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx