Smart caching on vista - provided you have enought RAM it pretty much preloads iE in memory for quick starting

yeah on vista loading iE is faster, but everything else is slower, i just build a new comp, quad core, 8gb memory and still this thing's start up is slower then a pig crawling through molasses in winter. Its so slow, and since im running 8gb i have to use the 64bit version and no programs run it. However i have to say i run firefox and i like it, APB is nice, no problems at all.

You think that's old? My machine's limping along on an old 1.4Ghz Athlon T-Bird (Socket A if I remember rightly) with 768mb of 133mhz SDRAM, a single Maxtor 40bg HD, a 256mb GeFore FX5500 and Windows 2K lol!:rofl: Thankfully I have a brand new machine that I'm going to sort out at the end of the week (E8400 CPU, 4gb 667mhz DDR2, 512mb 9600GT, Vista 32-bit etc etc).

I use FireFox 3 as well, and I love it. Much prefer the interface to IE, and it runs quicker too.:yes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer?? :oh:

Linux rules! :yes:

If you want to see/use 4gb you will need vista 64 - vista and xp 32 will only be able to use about 3.25 GB of the 4GB due to memory addressing limitations of a 32bit os.

You might want to check your build - I'm only running a Core2 at 3.3ghz with 4GB on Vista 64 and it boots very quickly 15 secs or so. The main thing that slows it down is anti-virus / spyware initiatisation.

I have had very very few issues with Vista 64 - everything runs including CastleLink... (Except with the MM - works with BEC and MMM)

I know, but 3.25GB or so of addressable RAM is still better than 2GB. I've been battling over whether it'd be worth going for Vista 64-bit instead, but I think I might do. Thanks for the tip. :smile:

i might be able to beat you, pentuim 2 , 128mb of ram, 6.8 gb of hard drive, runnin win xp hacked with vista theme, and shes runnin firefox and aim at the same time and she still flys :surprised:

lol, this thread is backwards with people comparing how old/slow their systems are. It would be like guys bragging how small their tools are. :smile:

im not braggin, i wish i could have a better comp

Microsoft WebTV is where it's at :gasp:

I might be the minority here , i run an Apple iMac and never get any pop ups from any site . Don't run any anti virus either or use any special browsers .

Might be inbuilt into the operating system though ?

Running Leopold OSX and Safari for internet.

Are you sure that's a proper boot? It sounds like a resume from S3 suspend to me.

Antivirus can be a killer on any machine. I can make PIIs run better then late PIVs just by installing different AV software.

Macs Suck. I refuse to back this up because I get too angry and there are just many reasons to list.

Just wondering, but have you ever decided to change the hard drive or the CPU? :whistle: I was happy with my iMac until I decided to swap out the HD. And having to OC the video card every time I want to play a game because it comes waay underclocked from apple. :neutral: And the fact that you can adjust the fan speed when its running xp. . .

Still a good computer for email and Internet. I'm building a system with an e8400 CPU, 9800gtx+ video card, A little over a TB of RAID1 Hard drives.

Guys i'm not turning this into a Mac vs PC argument like AE vs Losi .You can argue for both sides on there pros and cons :wink:
I don't play games and have no need to change the hard drive or PCU as i got the iMac ordered with enough grunt for my own needs , but i do still run Windows on it just for my CC esc and Tekin esc .
I switched from PC after 10 yrs to Mac and never going back .

As stated with a question mark i was not sure if it was an in built feature in the Mac operating system and if i was in the minority for not getting any pop ups ?