Comments on: New PC http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/ Life on other planets is difficult Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Dragon http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2413 Dragon Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:37:59 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2413 English only on this blog please. English only on this blog please.

]]> By: Endie http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2412 Endie Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:17:47 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2412 Nah, more than 2GB is used more efficiently in Vista than XP, thanks to SuperFetch, which is newly optimised disk caching software built into Vista. The limit will be that the address space of the video card - 256MB I think - will reduce the addressable RAM from the maximum of 4GB handled by Vista. Nah, more than 2GB is used more efficiently in Vista than XP, thanks to SuperFetch, which is newly optimised disk caching software built into Vista. The limit will be that the address space of the video card - 256MB I think - will reduce the addressable RAM from the maximum of 4GB handled by Vista.

]]> By: QE http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2411 QE Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:01:18 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2411 My understanding was that the RAM limitation was the same in XP: over 2GB it didn't address it efficiently and performance took a hit. I'll get a new computer sooner or later. Later, though. My understanding was that the RAM limitation was the same in XP: over 2GB it didn’t address it efficiently and performance took a hit.

I’ll get a new computer sooner or later. Later, though.

]]> By: Endie http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2407 Endie Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:28:40 +0000 http://www.dragonsmind.co.uk/2007/04/20/new-pc/#comment-2407 I (indirectly) got the idea to do this from you, thanks to your rather unfortunate eBay experience, but the official DellFactoryOutlet store on eBay is selling some cracking hardware that very often goes for a quarter of the price. I bought an XPS at a price that I could not have got the hard disk, dual core processor and 4 gig of ram for, let alone the rest of it and a warranty. My dad got an E520 even cheaper. I (indirectly) got the idea to do this from you, thanks to your rather unfortunate eBay experience, but the official DellFactoryOutlet store on eBay is selling some cracking hardware that very often goes for a quarter of the price. I bought an XPS at a price that I could not have got the hard disk, dual core processor and 4 gig of ram for, let alone the rest of it and a warranty. My dad got an E520 even cheaper.

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