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    Is this normal Memory usage?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by manohartvs, Sep 14, 2007.

  1. manohartvs

    manohartvs Newbie

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    Hey guys..
    Just received my new T61.

    I am running on just 1 GB RAM right now which I plan to upgrade soon..just waiting on a good 2 GB stick deal.

    Vista Home basic is running quite slow and I expected that. But then I looked at my memory usage and it took me by surprise. Just wondering if that is normal for anyone running 1gig of RAM.

    Thanks for the help! and this is my first post..looking forward to hundreds more!
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    manohartvs, Sep 14, 2007
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  2. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    I have Home Premium and my RAM usage is 550-600 on idle, but I've disabled many VISTA services. And also remember to install all the hotfixes for VISTA
     
    n0elia, Sep 14, 2007
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  3. manohartvs

    manohartvs Newbie

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    Hotfixes? How do I get them? Is that the regular windows update?

    My computer was on idle when I took that screenshot.
     
    manohartvs, Sep 14, 2007
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  4. ocellaris

    ocellaris Notebook Evangelist

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    Vista fills available RAM with cached data that you may use, this is called SuperFetch. Even when you go up to 2GB of RAM the Free memory is likely to be really low.
     
    ocellaris, Sep 14, 2007
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  5. eyecon82

    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    frys has a stick of 2gb ram for $95 which is excellent!
     
    eyecon82, Sep 14, 2007
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    braddd Notebook Deity

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    in case you haven't found it yet: RAM DEALS
     
    braddd, Sep 14, 2007
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    Vista uses unused RAM/CPU cycles for stuff.
     
    ooxxoo, Sep 14, 2007
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