Vista, Should i install it?

[Lycan]

A few people said i would be best of with 2GB of RAM but i've just done some searching about Vista and have found it has a program called ReadyBoost which i belive means you can 'Emulate' RAM on an external USB drive. Would this be any help for my RAM problem??

it would help but not completly solve the problem.. you would survive with 1gb but in the longterm you could look into how much it would cost you to simply upgrade the ram in your computer/laptop/whatever (after all you are getting the vista software free... and ram would be the better thing to buy)

[-Danube-]

Ye makes sense.

I've never installed RAM in a laptop (Have done in Desktop PC's) is it as simple?

[Lycan]

Ye makes sense.

I've never installed RAM in a laptop (Have done in Desktop PC's) is it as simple?

Fairly similar (the sticks are smaller and different way of clipping into place) so on and so forth

one of the hatches on the underneath of your laptop should be ram.. (in most models anyway)

[Recursion]

A few people said i would be best of with 2GB of RAM but i've just done some searching about Vista and have found it has a program called ReadyBoost which i belive means you can 'Emulate' RAM on an external USB drive. Would this be any help for my RAM problem??

ReadyBoost has been proven to decrease performance.

[HotelUser]

I think it will be compatable.

Toshiba Equium A100-549
Intel Celeron M 1.40GHz Processor
1GB RAM

40GB HDD (but i also have an external constanly plugged in that is 80GB)

ATI Radeon Xpress 200M Graphics card (64MB Memory)

Realtek HD Audio

Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network Adapter

I've used the Vista Upgrade advisor and it said i am compatable with Vista Ultimate

You'll need an extra gig of RAM, you'll probably be required to use the external hard drive frequently, as Vista will take up a substantial amount of disk space. I would suggest that you avoid Vista for the moment being You'll get better performance on your computer with XP.

The latest is certainly not always the greatest, and this is Microsoft, XP wasn't nearly as good as it is now, I would wait for SP2, or just get a higher end system if you really wanted to use Vista.

If you upgrade to 2GB RAM then it would be fine.

Vista is brilliant, people who say its rubbish have never used it, or have incompatible hardware.

....or have used it for over a year and have determined that they don't like it based on it's terrible incompatibility and performance compared to Windows XP SP3.

[-Danube-]

I'm gonna install it tonight, see how i go with it, If i think it's very laggy i will look at getting so more RAM (first of getting a guide on doing it on a laptop to see if it's as easy as desktop PC) and if i cba with that i'll just revert back to XP

I was going to reinstall XP again soon anyways to clear some rubbish off my laptop (i do this like every 6 months, keep my laptop running quite fast)

[Recursion]

RAM is as easy as taking a small panel of and slotting it in usually.

[-Danube-]

I've openend my laptop before though, has 2 panels on underneath (big one and a small one) and i've not been able to locate my original RAM.
I'd also need to buy 2 1GB sticks of RAM or 1 2GB of RAM because my laptop currently has 2 512MB sticks in it so i would have to replace them both if i were to want 2GB of RAM

[Lubricant]

haven't read thread or posts, only title and I suggest not to install it.

[Recursion]

¬_¬ why?