New lappy is slow... any sugestions?

I HAVE A CORE 2 AT 1.6, 1 GIG RAM, AND A 100gb hd.

can u explain the ram usage for this pic? will it run faster if i clean install?

 

If you have Aero enabled, you'll have higher RAM usage. Otherwise, a proper OS will fill as much memory as possible, because that makes it run faster. It will relinquish it when necessary to run other apps, as most of it is used for file caches and such that the OS will release when the memory is requested by a program. As for faster with a clean install, probably. That's about the only time Windows runs fast.

BTW, call me when your PSP can take touchscreen input, or play a Mario game

 

yeah.. vista just uses ram when idle...

also... if you laugh at everyone who has a ds.. you are gonna be laughing at 40 million people vs the 20 million that own a psp... thats going to be a LOT of lauhging

 

thanks for the input, sorry about the ds stab, i thought it was funny. i never really liked the ds, and i do love my psp. every one has a right to their own opinions.

 

yeah right now the DS is sell as fast as the wii is in some areas! lol. that's A LOT of laughing... lol.

 

No, no my friend. Everyone has the right to a new processor. Opinions are only if you have 2GB of ram... Anyway, would recommend Ubuntu for that. Designed for old comps so it'll just use what it needs. Your call. Also the DS is not only selling like a $50 Core 2 duo notebook, it is also short on stock in Japan. I think i'll sell my black DSL in Japan to get the new silver one.

 

OK Sorry about the DS thing!!!!!!! Chill!!!!! Have a sence of humor!!!!!!! and has any one ever used a psp... the graphics are better than a ps2, and Gamecube (but my wii is better) the ds graphics don't come lose to the psp, also, theyre games are totally diffrent forexample, none of the games in my sig is on ds... Yall need to CHILL!!!

 

Wow how do you have only 46 processes? Is this Windows Vista Basic?

 

i owned a psp, and i can tell you the graphics are definitely NOT better than the ps2 or gamecube.. take a look at god of war 2 or resident evil 4.. let alone most late gen gamecube /ps2 games and tell me that. Granted the system is a powerhouse.. it mainly has ports of ps2 games that play better on the ps2 anyway. Graphics are much less important than gameplay, and the psp is seriously lacking in that department. THe sales reflect that, the ds is outseling the psp worldwide by a 2:1 ratio.

 

Alright guys, let's chill on the PSP/DS comments It was a joke on my end, and we really don't need to keep ripping into him.

aan310, if you don't want comments like that, don't have a sig like you have. It's pretty simple to solve.

Either way, back on topic, your machine will possibly run faster with a clean install, especially if it came with a lot of crapware installed by default, but you could definitely try reinstalling clean, see if it fixes anything. My main point was that you can't say Vista is running slow because it's using all your memory, as that's exactly what it's supposed to do, and makes your machine run faster by caching files and keeping recent data available.

 

i un installed a bunch of stuff, it is an almost clean vista premium, and i disabled some un needed stuff in msconfig

 

OK, i diddn't know about the cache thing. thanks