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seogoat   01-07-2009 at 04:13:13 PM

Does Vista have a 3GB RAM limit like XP. Which is the best OS to get for the 625 dollar marathon system?

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notherdude   01-07-2009 at 05:57:52 PM
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If you install 4 gig 32 bit Vista will only use about 3 gig of your ram, more or less. It will REPORT that 4 gig is installed but it will not use it any beteer or worse than XP.

Ram is cheap and everyone is installing 4 or more gig these days and installing Vista 64 so they can use it all. For the home/gamer/enthusiast user Vista is a great choice now and 64 is the way to go.

For support of older apps and older hardware (several years or more) and for some enterprise applications XP may be required or preferred still, but that depends on the situation.

For a new PC with the typical consumer/enthusiast/gamer profile Vista 64 is most definitely the way to go. The days when you had to worry about 64 bit compatibility and drivers are virtually over and what little laggards there are are having to get on board quickly as 64 is now officially mainstream - just take a walk through a major electronics seller, 64 is half or more of their new systems for sale.


Message edited by notherdude on 01-07-2009 at 06:00:53 PM
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notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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seogoat   01-08-2009 at 10:32:46 AM
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Thanks for your help notherdude. So do you think the 625 dollar marathon system will run vista ultimate 32bit smoothly without any problems? I hope it will.

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amdfangirl   01-08-2009 at 02:36:39 PM
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Try 64bit. It costs the same and uses over 3GB of RAM.

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seogoat   01-11-2009 at 03:22:40 PM
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So fingers crossed, I've gone for the Vista Ultimate 64-bit. As we are in 2009, and things phase out quickly, like the 32-bit version.

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notherdude   01-11-2009 at 11:20:21 PM
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seogoat wrote :

So fingers crossed, I've gone for the Vista Ultimate 64-bit. As we are in 2009, and things phase out quickly, like the 32-bit version.


Good choice. Vista tends to run very well on homebuilt systems.

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notherdude u have an old hand. Having an old hand doesnt make sence. Cuz its old. get a new one.. seems like ur hand doesnt understand what it is writing. So placve it in ur rig instead of vista human orgnoids will amke more sense
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amdfangirl   01-12-2009 at 08:22:02 AM
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Yeah tends to avoid all the 'crapware' they install on it

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