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    Vista on a v2405? Worth it??

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Compax2405, Apr 15, 2009.

  1. Compax2405

    Compax2405 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has any insight on whether or not switching from XP Pro 32Bit to Vista Business 32Bit on the laptop I have below would be worthwhile.

    I will end up installing Vista Business on it when I have the time (which isn't right now) so I can see any difference myself, just wondering if I might get a little bit extra performance and or battery life out of it. Any comments would be great guys.

    Compaq v2405:
    CPU 1.8 GHz Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+
    Memory 1.256MB
    Graphics ATI RADEON® XPRESS 200M IGP
    Video Memory 128MB video memory
    Hard Drive 40GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive
    Display 14.0” WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 768)
    Network Card Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
    Wireless Connectivity 54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN with 125HSM / SpeedBooster support
     
    Compax2405, Apr 15, 2009
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  2. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    You need 2GB ram, otherwise it grinds to a halt

    And check if the graphics card is supported by Vista
     
    Clutch, Apr 15, 2009
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    brianstretch Notebook Virtuoso

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    It'll work... painfully. I strongly advise against it. Vista is a serious resource hog.
     
    brianstretch, Apr 15, 2009
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    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    Get a new hard drive ( samsung HM160HC ) 2gb's of ram and a better cpu ( turions on ebay are cheap. You will be just fine and could even run 64 bit then. Im running vista with 2gb's of ram and a samsung hm160hc on a pentium 4 2.66ghz laptop it runs just fine. Infact i think vista runs better on older laptops then newer ones anyways.
     
    Tippey764, Apr 16, 2009
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  5. Compax2405

    Compax2405 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the comments guys.

    I should have mentioned I’m not looking to inject cash into the v2405.....I have a dv5 and an desktop so I figured maybe this could be a way of getting a bit more performance out of it without the investment.

    I have purchased a TL-28 off eBay....some reason the laptop doesn't like it (incompatibility, defective CPU, etc.).

    2GB would be nice as well as the hard drive, but again I would like to hold off on the upgrading.

    I guess I have dug a nice little hole under these circumstances haven’t I.
     
    Compax2405, Apr 16, 2009
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