Will vista work on this?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:52 pm

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/lenovo- ... 33357.html

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:58 pm

256 ram, i would think it would run not well

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:59 pm

MetalHead324 · Post by **MetalHead324** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:03 pm

vista is a beast on memory. dont think it would do too well.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:04 pm

It would probably run, the real question is would it load up before you died or not.

pcuse5 · Post by **pcuse5** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:29 am

I think it's not good for you to use the vista with that system.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:06 am

Minimum supported requirements according to Microsoft...800MHz and 512 megs of RAM.

So you're a bit faster on the CPU, but shy on the RAM. RAM is easy and cheap enough to add....however, for the 7+ hours of runtime on that laptop...it has a 4,200rpm hard drive. So even if you slap in a gig or two of RAM...she'll still run very pokey unless you upgrade the hard drive spindle speed.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:28 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:Minimum supported requirements according to Microsoft...800MHz and 512 megs of RAM.

yeah I think those are WAY wrong, 2gigs should be a min for Vista IMO, the sucker just eats it not to mention I think a requirement should be to own your own power company cause even sitting on desktop the OS causes the ram to run wide open and eat power, pretty sad when we are trying to conserve power.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:48 am

Depending on what they're running on it....a gig can be tolerable. Ultra portable laptops aren't going to be performance champs anyways. One of my laptops is an older P3m 1.6, with 1.5 gigs and a 7,200rpm....Vista runs fine on it. the 5-7 watts an SODIMM consumes won't make me lose any sleep.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:13 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:It would probably run, the real question is would it load up before you died or not.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:30 am

CableDude wrote:http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/lenovo- ... 33357.html

look here

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Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:33 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:the 5-7 watts an SODIMM consumes won't make me lose any sleep.

that adds up over a months time. However I think SP1 will address this and I've posted that the RC1 is public now...so I'll be loading Vista Ultimate back on this weekend and see how it runs again.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 11:21 am

Sava700 wrote:that adds up over a months time.

Bah! Folding on a bunch CPU's going 100% is what adds up over a months time.

So I'll find a use for the various dollars worth of change I usually throw out from the cupholder in my Jeep each month.

Additionally..on a laptop..doubt it's 24x7.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 6:26 pm

Guys, I made a mistake. The laptop that I(work) have is a 1.5 ghz with 1 gb of memory. Forgot to check video and HD space.

I'll run the upgrade advisor tomorrow in the link that Dan posted.......

......If I remember.

Thanks everyone.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 4:37 am

CableDude wrote:Guys, I made a mistake. The laptop that I(work) have is a 1.5 ghz with 1 gb of memory. Forgot to check video and HD space.

I'll run the upgrade advisor tomorrow in the link that Dan posted.......

......If I remember.

Thanks everyone.

Should run, but slow...You'd definitely want a second gig of ram if at all possible. And don't count on Aero, depending on the video chip.

Except for fairly powerful (newer) laptops, I'd personally use XP.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:22 am

CableDude wrote:Guys, I made a mistake. The laptop that I(work) have is a 1.5 ghz with 1 gb of memory. Forgot to check video and HD space.

There ya go! Run theme in Classic mode...she'll do OK with lighter apps. You may have to fiddle with video drivers depending on which onboard yours has.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:52 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:There ya go! Run theme in Classic mode...she'll do OK with lighter apps. You may have to fiddle with video drivers depending on which onboard yours has.

Yep..

Take out Aero interface eye candy, and run Vista in Classic Mode, with the gray happy taskbar.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:54 am

Shinobi wrote:Yep.. Take out Aero interface eye candy, and run Vista in Classic Mode, with the gray happy taskbar.

Grey is depresed, aero is happy.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:00 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Grey is depressed, aero is happy.

Grey can be happy, when it makes your computer faster, because it is not bogged down using more memory, to display vista candy.

Hey that almost rhymes..

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:39 am

Shinobi wrote:Grey can be happy, when it makes your computer faster, because it is not bogged down using more memory, to display vista candy.
Hey that almost rhymes..

Nope, then he'll have to do more work in a day.

Shinobi · Post by **Shinobi** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:10 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:Nope, then he'll have to do more work in a day.

Well.. I'm going to try running Vista in Virtual PC 2007, and give that a shot..
Trying to find out if I register it under Virtual PC, if I'll screw myself later on if I reinstall it straight on my main computer.. because the hardware is emulated on Virtual PC...

maroon · Post by **maroon** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:52 am

I hear nLite has a Vista version now. I bet it would run okay if you slimmed it down some.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:10 pm

Kyle wrote:Should run, but slow...You'd definitely want a second gig of ram if at all possible. And don't count on Aero, depending on the video chip.

Except for fairly powerful (newer) laptops, I'd personally use XP.

Oh I agree. I was just looking to try out Vista and start to learn about it for my job.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:36 pm

CableDude wrote:Oh I agree. I was just looking to try out Vista and start to learn about it for my job.