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Respoding to Geoff's questions, Kathleen MacDowell wrote (in part):
> > What operating system are you running? Windows XP works fine in 1 Gig of
> > RAM, whereas Vista only begins to perform acceptably fast at 2 Gig. If
> > you're using software such as Photoshop, more RAM is better. Note that Vista
> > lets you use more RAM than XP, so adding RAM beyond 2 Gig probably won't
> > produce much additional improvement for an XP computer.
>
> I am using Vista.
That's your problem right there. One of the big issues during the rollout
of Vista was that hardware manufacturers insisted that Microsoft had
to agreeing that systems with only 1GB of RAM could be labeled as
"Vista ready" even though Microsoft knew that this was not a configuration
that any user would be happy with. 1GB is simply inadequate for Vista
itself, never mind any memory-hungry apps. If you're going to stick with
Vista, upgrading to at least 2GB should be considered mandatory. It will
yield a night-and-day difference.
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