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    Inspiron 1420 with Vista and 2GB RAM...

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MCF, Dec 26, 2007.

  1. MCF

    MCF Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any links or good write-ups on things to do to increase performance of a new Inspiron 1420 with Vista and 2GB RAM - or just a good write-up on things to do to increase Vista performance? I have already selected 'High Performance' Mode and would like to increase overall general performance. When I got my 1705 with XP about a year and a half ago, I found a really nice document of all the tweaks and mods to do to XP to increase performance (like speeding up start-up and shutdown times, etc. etc.). Thanks!

    I have already did a disk clean-up and defrag and there really isn't much 'junk programs' installed from Dell.
     
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  2. phish

    phish Notebook Consultant

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    Just throw Ubuntu on it. Download the Live CD to try it out...I did and I love it, never going back to Windows.
     
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    Dell C.A. Company Representative

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    This is John, a supprt analyst at Dell headquarters.

    The write-up I recommend can be found here:

    http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/2415-10877_11-91600.html

    This is probably the best one I've found, and doesn't contain any dubious information that I've seen.

    If you need any help, let me know.

    John
    Dell Customer Advocate
     
    Dell C.A., Dec 31, 2007
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    diggy Notebook Deity

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    diggy, Dec 31, 2007
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