Memory and 64bit Turion with vista

[Guest Matt]

Just treated myself to a new laptop. it claims to have a 1 gig memory, but

when I check my properties, it only show 766mb. BIOS shows even less at 633.

Have I been duped by Acer, or is this something in Vista (home prem)?

My taskmanager memory is running at 70% with no apps running, v poor

performance!

 

Also, how do I get the best from my processor? I suspect I am operating at

32bit.

[Guest XS11E]

Re: Memory and 64bit Turion with vista

 

Matt <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Just treated myself to a new laptop. it claims to have a 1 gig

> memory, but when I check my properties, it only show 766mb. BIOS

> shows even less at 633. Have I been duped by Acer, or is this

> something in Vista (home prem)? My taskmanager memory is running

> at 70% with no apps running, v poor performance!

 

There's memory (probably 256mb?) dedicated to the video so 766 is

probably about right.

> Also, how do I get the best from my processor? I suspect I am

> operating at 32bit.

 

You probably have Vista 32 bit installed. Changing to 64 bit won't

help at all as there are very few 64 bit applications available and

most laptops won't handle enough memory to justify a 64 bit OS.

 

Your best move might be to remove unneeded applications.

 

 

 

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[Guest Matt]

Re: Memory and 64bit Turion with vista

 

 

 

"XS11E" wrote:

> Matt <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > Just treated myself to a new laptop. it claims to have a 1 gig

> > memory, but when I check my properties, it only show 766mb. BIOS

> > shows even less at 633. Have I been duped by Acer, or is this

> > something in Vista (home prem)? My taskmanager memory is running

> > at 70% with no apps running, v poor performance!

>

> There's memory (probably 256mb?) dedicated to the video so 766 is

> probably about right.

>

> > Also, how do I get the best from my processor? I suspect I am

> > operating at 32bit.

>

> You probably have Vista 32 bit installed. Changing to 64 bit won't

> help at all as there are very few 64 bit applications available and

> most laptops won't handle enough memory to justify a 64 bit OS.

>

> Your best move might be to remove unneeded applications.

>

>

>

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Taken it down to the bone, application wise. Think I will call Acer, see

what they say. Don't see the point in buying a laptop that states 64bit in

the specs, but does not deliver. Put this one down to experiance

[Guest XS11E]

Re: Memory and 64bit Turion with vista

 

Matt <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Think I will call Acer, see what they say. Don't see the point in

> buying a laptop that states 64bit in the specs, but does not

> deliver. Put this one down to experiance

 

You're OK, you didn't get shafted.

 

First, I doubt that you can buy a 32 bit laptop today.

 

Second, although almost all new desktops and laptops are 64 bit, most

come with a 32 bit OS for a lot of reasons, one being that there are no

64 bit applications so far. That will change in the future but as of

now almost every application you'll probably need is available as 32

bit only. Another reason is that many suppliers do not have 64 bit

drivers for their hardware yet, you might find no 64 bit driver for the

modem or soundcard or touchpad or ????? in your laptop.

 

Third, the biggest single advantage of a 64 bit OS right now is the

ability to address more memory but laptops cannot take advantage of

that as the manufacturers of laptop memory don't have larger SODIMMS

available yet. It's not Acer's doing, it's the way things are.

 

BTW, if you ask, Acer will probably replace your 32 bit version of

Vista with a 64 bit version and if so, you'll learn all the above the

hard way! <G>

 

 

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[Guest Matt]

Re: Memory and 64bit Turion with vista

 

see what you mean, good point. microsoft are to send me the 64bit o/s, may

try it anyway just for the hell of it. thanks for your reply, most helpful.

 

"XS11E" wrote:

> Matt <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > Think I will call Acer, see what they say. Don't see the point in

> > buying a laptop that states 64bit in the specs, but does not

> > deliver. Put this one down to experiance

>

> You're OK, you didn't get shafted.

>

> First, I doubt that you can buy a 32 bit laptop today.

>

> Second, although almost all new desktops and laptops are 64 bit, most

> come with a 32 bit OS for a lot of reasons, one being that there are no

> 64 bit applications so far. That will change in the future but as of

> now almost every application you'll probably need is available as 32

> bit only. Another reason is that many suppliers do not have 64 bit

> drivers for their hardware yet, you might find no 64 bit driver for the

> modem or soundcard or touchpad or ????? in your laptop.

>

> Third, the biggest single advantage of a 64 bit OS right now is the

> ability to address more memory but laptops cannot take advantage of

> that as the manufacturers of laptop memory don't have larger SODIMMS

> available yet. It's not Acer's doing, it's the way things are.

>

> BTW, if you ask, Acer will probably replace your 32 bit version of

> Vista with a 64 bit version and if so, you'll learn all the above the

> hard way! <G>

>

>

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[Guest Kevin]

Re: Memory and 64bit Turion with vista

 

I love my 64bit Ultimate O/S. Not a single compatibility issue at the

moment.

 

 

"Matt" <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:7FDDB7F2-CEE2-4D35-88A4-FC654160BA4C@microsoft.com...

> see what you mean, good point. microsoft are to send me the 64bit o/s, may

> try it anyway just for the hell of it. thanks for your reply, most

> helpful.

>

> "XS11E" wrote:

>

>> Matt <Matt@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>>

>> > Think I will call Acer, see what they say. Don't see the point in

>> > buying a laptop that states 64bit in the specs, but does not

>> > deliver. Put this one down to experiance

>>

>> You're OK, you didn't get shafted.

>>

>> First, I doubt that you can buy a 32 bit laptop today.

>>

>> Second, although almost all new desktops and laptops are 64 bit, most

>> come with a 32 bit OS for a lot of reasons, one being that there are no

>> 64 bit applications so far. That will change in the future but as of

>> now almost every application you'll probably need is available as 32

>> bit only. Another reason is that many suppliers do not have 64 bit

>> drivers for their hardware yet, you might find no 64 bit driver for the

>> modem or soundcard or touchpad or ????? in your laptop.

>>

>> Third, the biggest single advantage of a 64 bit OS right now is the

>> ability to address more memory but laptops cannot take advantage of

>> that as the manufacturers of laptop memory don't have larger SODIMMS

>> available yet. It's not Acer's doing, it's the way things are.

>>

>> BTW, if you ask, Acer will probably replace your 32 bit version of

>> Vista with a 64 bit version and if so, you'll learn all the above the

>> hard way! <G>

>>

>>

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