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    Will this Vostro 1400 run Vista well?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by manzi, Jul 31, 2007.

  1. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    Will the Vostro 1400 with specs below run Vista Home Premium well?

    Core 2 Duo T5470 (1.6ghx, 800 MHz, 2MB Cache)
    1gb Ram
    8400M GS
    14" screen

    Also the Dell rep offered me any Vista OS of my choice so should i get Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate?
     
    manzi, Jul 31, 2007
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  2. SmoothTofu

    SmoothTofu Inspiron 1420 Owner

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    Consider getting 2 GB of ram. That's about it though.
     
    SmoothTofu, Jul 31, 2007
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  3. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    I also recommend getting 2gb with vista. You can upgrade the you yourself after you buy the laptop which should be cheaper. Look at the ram deals thread for great prices on ram.


    Here his a table that compares the features in the different version of vista.
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

    See if you like/need anything in the ultimate edition.
     
    Kdawgca, Jul 31, 2007
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  4. manzi

    manzi Notebook Evangelist

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    Will the Vosta Ultimate use more battaery power or make the laptop produce more heat? Also does Vista Ultimate need more RAM than Vista Home Premium?
     
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    d94 Notebook Evangelist

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    how would the OS effect battery life or heat output :confused:
    now if you downclock cpu or gpu it could, but its got noda to do with OS
    vista ultimate shouldnt need more
     
    d94, Jul 31, 2007
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    Home Premium and Ultimate does take up more HD space and more RAM
     
    hlcc, Jul 31, 2007
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