can A T60 1953 upgrade to vista?

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can A T60 1953 upgrade to vista?

#1 Post by snorlax360 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:48 pm

I have a T60 and it seem like mine is pretty slow or should i switch back to window xp pro? I am running vista ultimate.

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#2 Post by ryengineer » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:53 pm

Upgrade your memory, get a bigger and faster HDD and upgrade your processor, if possible. Vista is very demanding...
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#3 Post by RonS » Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:55 pm

ryengineer wrote:Upgrade your memory, get a bigger and faster HDD and upgrade your processor, if possible. Vista is very demanding...
I might add, do it in that order. Upgrading your memory is most important - that's where the vast majority of your speed improvement will come from.
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#4 Post by snorlax360 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:54 pm

any recommendations of sites for the HDD?
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#5 Post by ryengineer » Fri Jun 22, 2007 5:59 pm

I suggest. http://www.newegg.com/
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With the man who takes me from my horse, and leads me to a bar."
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#6 Post by snorlax360 » Fri Jun 22, 2007 6:02 pm

would an external hard drive help? or does it have to be an internal?
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#7 Post by liyifan » Fri Jun 22, 2007 7:44 pm

Memory is the main factor here. If you can upgrade to at least 2GB. If that's not an option you could try using ReadyBoost, I've read that it is more effective when you have little memory.

No external HD does not help much.
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