Comments on: Microsoft blogger recommends 1.5 GB RAM for Vista

By: Tenchidbz

Tenchidbz — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:18:14 +0000

Would people stop complaining? Please, every OS that has come out has had higher hardware requirements than the previous versions. So vista should be run on 2.0 or so GB of ram. So what? You can get motherboards that support 8.0 and up! So stop crying!

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 08:05:57 +0000

Scott, if you often have 10 apps simultaneously open, 1.5 GB might not be enough. But it really depends on the kind of apps. The best way is to just try it. Use the task manager to check how much RAM is used during normal workload.

JoelM, I think the amount of RAM used by Vista immediately after booting up, doesn’t say much about the requirements when you start working with it. I also think that apps developed for Vista will need more memory than under XP since they will use specific Vista features (Aero, UAC support etc.).

By: JoelM

JoelM — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:45:36 +0000

I am currently managing around 900 PCs. I plan to deploy to a test pilot group when the time comes to introduce Vista. This group would be no more than a dozen PCs and would allow me the chance to test migration from XP using WDS. I plan on spending alot of time testing WDS alongside SMS for migration to Vista. I will probably not migrate the majority of users unless it is time to replace their hardware or there is significant and justifiable demand.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:29:25 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I just expanded my toolbar and already I find it a lot more convenient. As far as the applications I have running generally the main ones up constantly are AIM, Outlook, iTunes, excel documents, and multiple tabs for firefox. Those are just the main ones.

I find it interesting that you don’t plan to deploy Vista for another year or so. How many PCs would you deploy it on when the time comes?

By: JoelM

JoelM — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:36:41 +0000

I have not even begun to test Vista as I don’t plan to deploy a single Vista PC until at least 2008. It would be interesting to hear what exactly is consuming so much RAM. All I ever hear is that ‘Vista’ needs RAM, but nobody talks about it is about Vista that requires so much RAM. For example, I get desktops from OEMs and their base image consumes around 280MB of RAM after logon. I build my own image, perform a few tweaks including disabling unneeded services, and end up with a clean image that consumes around 130MB after logon. Perhaps there are such things that can be done with Vista to help lower the requirements as opposed to just feeding it more RAM?

By: JoelM

JoelM — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:29:55 +0000

I am like you where I have at least a dozen apps running at all times. I suggest first of all expanding your taskbar so that it is double high – this helps manage all your minimized apps.

You don’t go into much deail on what apps you run, your problems are, or what your PC specs might be so I cannot offer any more help than this.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:42:39 +0000

I have been an XP user for sometime and love the look and feel of it. I’ve been reading a lot about Vista and its features, but still I’m not sure if I am ready for the change. I do find myself having some problems running when I have multiple applications open. What would you recommend for someone like myself who has 5-10 apps open at a time? I guess I’m just curious as to where I stand in terms of standard or power user.