Archive for the 'Memory' Category
How to detect RAM problems to stabilize Vista
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007I had a rough weekend testing Vista RTM on multiple hardware configurations because of some minor hardware issues that never surfaced previously. It appears that Vista is extremely sensitive to any kind of memory error possibly because of ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization). It turned out that I had a faulty address block [...]
Testing Vistas different memory configurations
Wednesday, December 6th, 2006WE WANTED to find out about what happens when you upgrade your memory amount with Vista. Everyone knows that Vista needs more memory and we tried a few scenarios to discover the difference between certain memory setups. This is just the first part of the memory testing that we plan to conduct in the few [...]
Windows Vista is big for Microsofts bottom line. Its also really big.
Thursday, November 30th, 2006On Thursday, the software giant will launch the long-awaited, newest version of its operating system, Vista, for business customers. They’ll also release new corporate versions of their Office products, like Word and Excel, and their Exchange e-mail server software. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will speak at a launch event Thursday morning in New York, and [...]
Vista System Memory Concerns
Saturday, November 18th, 2006As Vista positions itself for an upcoming release date, many consumers are showing concerns over the required systems resources needed to give Vista the power it needs to wow and dazzle.
The word on the street is that you should be fine with a gigabyte of RAM, but those of us who are familiar with the [...]
Dell recommends 2 GB of memory for Vista
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006After Samsung, Dell is the second major company that tells its customers that Vista may need more system memory than what Microsoft is listing in its system requirements. According to a report in the Seattle Post Intelligencer (SPI), chief executive officer Kevin Rollins promoted an upgrade to 2 GB.
