James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
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my mum got one of lthese cheap £300 laptops, i think its a gateway.
The spec seems ok, but i think it just cant handle vista and all the other programs they put on it when they sell it. Whats the best way to speed it up, ive tried deleting most the crap programs, i think its mostly vista.
is it worth installing xp onto it? can you even buy xp anymore? I have a cd but no code
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Brett
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Install XP definately. If it's a lower spec machine it won't run too well with vista.
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dannymccann
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Yup get XP on there. Even on higher end machines Vista is still unnecessarily inefficient
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James@CCC
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yea, as i thought.
can you still buy xp??! or is it best to 'acquire' a code...
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Rob_Quads
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Chances are its only got 1GB of RAM. A friend got one and it was really really bad but then I put another GB of ram in (under £20 from PC World) and then it was much much better.
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James@CCC
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oo theres another option. which do people recommend?
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Brett
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At the end of the day, if you're gonna put more ram in, then you should still use XP anyway. It's just quicker and everything works and is compatible.
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Jambo
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when i got my brand new dell with 4gb ram it was slow as shit. Uninstalled all crap and did all windows updates inc service pack1 all works fine now 
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
Yup get XP on there. Even on higher end machines Vista is still unnecessarily inefficient
No it's not, vista runs fine on all my bottom spec dells.
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Bobbie
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Location: Rainham, Greater London
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vista has improved since it was first released, got a new laptop just after it was released and it was wank! really slow, sems ok now, but that could just be I've got use to it.
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XSIHardy
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just upgraded to vista, as got new laptop. 2GB ram
1.7 duo core
tbh not that slow machion
keeps up with what i need it for.
obvs if u wont a gaming PC or some thing realy quick id go for XP at the mo
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Ash_EP3
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My girlfriends mum has the same problem, she paid next to nothing for what she thought was going to be a "good deal"... but oh no it turns out it only has like a 1.8Ghz (not dual core) and 512mb ram - this spec would be ok for XP but not for Vista...
It literally takes 10 mins to get to the desktop 
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dannymccann
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quote:
Originally posted by John
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Originally posted by dannymccann
Yup get XP on there. Even on higher end machines Vista is still unnecessarily inefficient
No it's not, vista runs fine on all my bottom spec dells.
Apologies, I just hate it and was making an excuse up
Just acquire a code for XP from tinternet, they aint gonna give a shit anymore
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by dannymccann
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Originally posted by John
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Originally posted by dannymccann
Yup get XP on there. Even on higher end machines Vista is still unnecessarily inefficient
No it's not, vista runs fine on all my bottom spec dells.
Apologies, I just hate it and was making an excuse up
Just acquire a code for XP from tinternet, they aint gonna give a shit anymore
unlimited jail sentence and unlimited fine iirc
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dannymccann
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eh?
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James@CCC
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Xp's on it now and its running so well. better than my computer, im annoyed!
Drivers were a bit of a bitch, but i found a site to help.
Thanks fellas
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
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quote:
Originally posted by S214_UPP
My girlfriends mum has the same problem, she paid next to nothing for what she thought was going to be a "good deal"... but oh no it turns out it only has like a 1.8Ghz (not dual core) and 512mb ram - this spec would be ok for XP but not for Vista...
It literally takes 10 mins to get to the desktop
I had a cheapy laptop with the same specs and with vista it got to the desktop in about a minute.
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Scotty_B
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Registered: 11th Jun 03
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quote:
Originally posted by harrisp
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Originally posted by S214_UPP
My girlfriends mum has the same problem, she paid next to nothing for what she thought was going to be a "good deal"... but oh no it turns out it only has like a 1.8Ghz (not dual core) and 512mb ram - this spec would be ok for XP but not for Vista...
It literally takes 10 mins to get to the desktop
I had a cheapy laptop with the same specs and with vista it got to the desktop in about a minute.
My girlfriends dad got a new PC (not laptop) with Vista and 512mb of RAM. Christ that thing is like snail with rheumatics.
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Ash_EP3
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Registered: 15th May 07
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quote:
Originally posted by CorSRi_BT
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Originally posted by harrisp
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Originally posted by S214_UPP
My girlfriends mum has the same problem, she paid next to nothing for what she thought was going to be a "good deal"... but oh no it turns out it only has like a 1.8Ghz (not dual core) and 512mb ram - this spec would be ok for XP but not for Vista...
It literally takes 10 mins to get to the desktop
I had a cheapy laptop with the same specs and with vista it got to the desktop in about a minute.
My girlfriends dad got a new PC (not laptop) with Vista and 512mb of RAM. Christ that thing is like snail with rheumatics.
Funny thing is you only have to spend £500-£600 to get a fairly good spec laptop from dell (with vista + goodies)
Mind you, you get what you pay for 
[Edited on 17-07-2008 by S214_UPP]
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