Thinkpad x60s with Vista - so slow.....

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OnlyThinkpad · #1 Post by **OnlyThinkpad** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:39 am

Just received my x60s (1.66Mhz, 1G, 7200rpm hd). Came with Vista and it is significantly slower than my xp box with similar configuration.

Out of the box, it was running 81 processes!

Just thought I drop a note to share my experience.

surg · #2 Post by **surg** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:19 am

I would consider upgrading RAM. Vista likes to see a lot of it!

With 3GB of RAM you should see quite a speed improvement over XP.

How about battery drain?

pianowizard · #3 Post by **pianowizard** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:29 am

If you do want to add a 2GB module, make sure you don't get a PC2-4200 stick, which would slow down the bus speed. Get the G. Skill 2GB PC2-5300 from Newegg.com for $225 shipped.

yodabeesh · #4 Post by **yodabeesh** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:08 pm

Wow. So glad that I'm sticking with XP Pro. If it ain't broke, don't fix it

Its funny that mags like PCWorld and PCMag speak kudos to Vista the majority of the time.

jimc · #5 Post by **jimc** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 12:59 pm

my vista runs fine w/ 2gb ram,
1gb sticks are a quarter the cost of 2gb sticks

nefertari · #6 Post by **nefertari** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:13 pm

I guess I will wait for a while till memory sticks' price goes down a little bit more.

45 · #7 Post by 45 » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:01 pm

Vista runs fine with 2G, it's a totaly other experience than with 1G. Prices in Europe are about 50€ per gigabyte, so it should be a bit less in $, but don't know the selling prices in US. Perhaps they will rise again in the future, so I would catch one now.

nefertari wrote:I guess I will wait for a while till memory sticks' price goes down a little bit more.

codek · #8 Post by **codek** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:51 pm

going to get a x60 with vista and install a spare copy of of xp pro until vista sp2 comes out

Comage · #9 Post by **Comage** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:15 pm

So is it confirmed that the X60 will work with 2GB sticks?

I had thought the officially supported memory capacity was 2GB (2 sticks of 1GB each). I have also heard (unverified) that 2 GB sticks are supported, but the chipset (or was it WinXP/Vista) will only utilise up to 3GB of RAM.

Which is true?

smvp6459 · #10 Post by **smvp6459** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:41 pm

Comage wrote:So is it confirmed that the X60 will work with 2GB sticks?

I had thought the officially supported memory capacity was 2GB (2 sticks of 1GB each). I have also heard (unverified) that 2 GB sticks are supported, but the chipset (or was it WinXP/Vista) will only utilise up to 3GB of RAM.

Which is true?

You could have 2x2GB but the Intel 945 chipset can only see the first 3GB.

Comage · #11 Post by **Comage** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:28 am

Ah yes, okay. Thanks for the confirmation, smvp6459.

Cheers!

Thinkpad x60s with Vista - so slow.....

Thinkpad x60s with Vista - so slow.....

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