Vista System Requirements

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Hi guys.

Here is something I don't understand. My buddy has got a Acer Notebook with the following specs:

AMD Mobile Sempron 3500+ (1.8Ghz)
512MB DDR2
80GB HD
ATI Graphics 64MB

My notebook is a Packard Bell with the following specs:

AMD Turion 64bit 1.6Ghz
1024MB DDR
80GB HD
Onboard Graphics (128MB)

He Notebook came with Vista Home Basic preinstalled and it is running without any problems.

I first tried Vista Ultimate 64bit and it was so slow I couldnt use it at all. Then I installed Vista Home Basic and had the same problem. It is so slow that I can't even do a system rating.

Why is it that my Notebook wont run Vista?
 
Have you done the compatibility test on the web? It should be on the CD as well.
 
Do you have the correct drivers for all your hardware (ie. drivers made for Vista). If "yes", maybe the graphics card makes the difference.
 
Yes the processor and RAM should be fine, I'm running vista ultimate with 1gig ram everything works alright. It can only be the display driver I think
 
Only thing I can think of is that the gfx settings are set wrong on your OS. I don't have vista, but I'm sure you can disable all the gfx bells and whistles and then it should run fine. It sounds like the OS incorrectly set the gfx stuff too high.

Or like mentioned above, the gfx driver could also be the issue.
 
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When you install vista ultimate (don't know about the other versions) it runs a check and then optimizes itself for your system. You can always run the check manually.. so piesang give that a go again or you can just go to the performance settings and select what you want and don't care about. I usually just tick the bottom four with XP, everything looks exactly the same and the performance is better
 
Most likely a driver issue. Also, DDR vs DDR2: Vista likes fast RAM, the faster the better. As for 64bit, don't bother unless you've got plenty of RAM and don't mind getting frustrated with drivers. What onboard graphics are you running?

Don't forget to run winsat/ performance benchmark thing after changing settings/drivers. See what's holding the experience back. I'm guessing RAM will hurt a bit.
 
It sounds as if you've got hardware issues to be honest.

My lappy runs Ultimate x86 just fine.

Celeron M 1.5 ghz
1024 ram ddr2
intel 128mb 915m graphics card
80 gig HDD

It has a performance drop over XP as you might imagine as vista is a fat little piggy by today's hardware standards.
 
vista needs more time to mature , give it a year or so
more drivers etc....
 
So what your people are saying that you must have a classy fasty pc to run vista properly.
just go to show that a basic pc (business pc just running office software)will have lag...(that is not a fat piggy but a pacman and the dots is the ram)
 
I've had a similar problem with a desktop pc, but with windows xp. After a fresh install, the UI was slow as hell. After installing the correct graphics drivers, it was perfect. Try and update your graphics card drivers.

Cheers, Nick
 
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