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"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:c73i7p$42f$1@panix3.panix.com...
> In article <20040502141503.785$qe@newsreader.com>, <me@here.com>
wrote:
> >It is a zx 5190us. Comes with 1024, you remove one of the 512 meg
sticks
> >with a Kingston 1 gig and you have 1.5 total. It came with XP Home,
cheap
> >ass HP could not include XP Pro for a 2200.00 notebook?
> >
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> I haven't heard of a 3GB disk on a new laptop, or anything, for years.
>
> Why did you upgrade the memory ? What applications do you run ?
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> >adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
> >> In article <20040501184146.496$bo@newsreader.com>, <me@here.com>
wrote:
> >> >I have 3.2 gig laptp with 1.5 gigs or ram. Windows set it up at
2046
> >> >minimum and 4096c maximum. Does thiseem over kill or should i just
let
> >> >window manage it without hurting performance. Could letting
windows
> >> >manage it would help me more than hurt me. lease advise as I want
what
> >> >will do my system the best, thank you.
> >> >
> >> >--
> >> >.
> >>
> >> Is this XP ?
> >>
> >> 3GB disk and 1.5GB RAM ???? What model laptop ?
> >>
> >> You've got to either tell us what applications you run, or use task
> >> manager and perfmon to measure your own requirements. A PC running
the
> >> basic apps (MS Office, Internet Explorer, an email client, all at
> >> once, will run just fine in 256MB.)
> >>
> >> Since you are short on disk space and long on memory I think you
can
> >> cut the swap space back to something like 300MB. Set MIN=MAX and
then
> >> do a stand-alone defrag if you can.
> >>
> >> XP has a "no swap file" button in controlpanel/system/advanced.
I've
> >> never screwed with it but you're welcome to.
> >
> >--
> >.
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> Al Dykes
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> adykes at p a n i x . c o m
Quote that was snipped:
I have 3.2 gig laptp with 1.5 gigs or ram.
I see this as an Intel 3.2 GHz CPU & 1.5gb RAM,
not a 3.2gb HDD.
A tad confusing?
TTFN,
Dick