My mum`s had a new computer from Dell a while back and when she was telling me the specs I said that 512mb would be fine for what she`s going to use it for (mainly playing music, browsing internet etc).
Now I don`t really know anything when you start getting into specifics but thought it would be okay, but I forgot it`s come with Vista pre-installed and it seems to run quite slowly even doing basic things.
Is it worth another 512memory or will I be better off getting her a 1gb one (about extra tenner), so if it needs upgrading again we can just get another 1gb one?
Seems a bit excessive for what she will use it for but really have no idea how much Vista uses or anything like that.
Or is there a way I can make Vista run faster by turning off a load of the s***e that she will never use? It`s also got Mcafee preinstalled, with 3year license I think, but I think that`s also contributing to slowdown. Is it any better than having AVG free?
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Hope this may help
Minimum Requirements (Vista-Capable PCs):
800 MHz Intel-compatible processor
512MB of RAM
DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor
20GB HD
Recommended Requirements (Premium-Ready PCs):
1 GHz Intel-compatible processor
1GB RAM
DirectX 9.0-Capable Graphics Processor, with 128MB graphics memory. (64MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor less than 1,310,720 pixels [no more than 1440x900]; 128MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions from 1,310,720 to 2,304,000 pixels [no more than 1920x1200]; 256MB of graphics memory to support a single monitor at resolutions higher than 2,304,000 pixels [more than 1920x1200]).
40GB HD with at least 15GB "free space" 
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