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    M860tu??

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by chidesd, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. chidesd

    chidesd Notebook Evangelist

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    Which of these to options would better be suited for gaming?
    A)M860Tu W/ 4 GB ram and Vista
    B)M860Tu W 2GB ram and XP


    If Vista then does it matter which vista OS u get I know u need the 64 bit version.
     
    chidesd, Sep 3, 2008
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    2 GB and XP, or 4 gb and Vista 64...
    I`d go for XP, since it`s still the fastest Gaming OS.
     
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  3. chidesd

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    really? KK thanks .
     
    chidesd, Sep 3, 2008
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    steveninspokane John 14:6 - Only ONE Way!

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    Go vista, Unless you spend more than 50% of your time on your comp gaming.
     
    steveninspokane, Sep 3, 2008
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    If possible I would get 3gb for xp, I'm thinking about upgrading my system to 3gb, because a lot of my accounting software is really sucking it all up. Course I'm also thinking about selling my laptop lol.
     
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    I thought Xp could use 3 GB?
     
    chidesd, Sep 4, 2008
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    >.> hence why I want to upgrade to 3gb
     
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  8. chidesd

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    but wont 2 gigs do good with Xp?
     
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    -.-' before you post again read what I said earlier....read it slowly....
     
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    yeah i doesn't make sence. in the first sentence you say its not possible and in the second u say it is possible.
     
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    anyone else have a mind swaying opinion
     
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    everyone is different so you will get options from both sides.
    if your going to spend that much money on a laptop then its always best to go for the max 4gb ram.
    vista 32bit will only use a max of 3.1gb ram but 64bit will use it all.
    even though i dont like vista that much ive still ordered mine with vista 32bit.
    if you go for 64bit then there are still quite a lot of hardware that is still not compatible so its worth checking first ie,broadband providers,printers etc.
     
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    Who can ever use 4GB of RAM. I use a round 1GB, maybe 1.5GB max. Except if you do some crazy video montage, I would be surprised you could use 4GB. But anyway, I went for that personally :p
     
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    isnt it true that vista is ram hungry?

    im using a fujitsu at the moment with 2gb ram and its already used 1.1gb

    when i finally upgrade to 64bit in a year or two im getting 8gb ram :p :p
     
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    Well...it eats more RAM than XP, uses around 1GB. That's why everyone recommends at least 2GB of RAM. And if you had more, what's the point of that, I mean, how can you actually use 4 or 8GB of RAM :p
     
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    im on vista and ive never seen my 2gb of ram full
     
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    whats the max amount of ram XP can use?
     
    chidesd, Sep 5, 2008
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    Raises Hand. :rolleyes:
     
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    whats the max amount of ram u can put in XP and that can be used?
     
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    I think the max amount of RAM that can be used depends on 32-Bit oder 64-Bit of the Operating System. 32-Bit OS can only use 3 to 3,5 GB of RAM as far as I know.
     
    Gerhard_Stefan, Sep 5, 2008
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