How well Windows 7 running on 1 GB RAM ?

ARG · 20 Dec 2010

so , how well windows 7 running on 1 gb ram laptop / rig ? :)
anyone has an experience on it ?

yowanvista · 20 Dec 2010

It won't run correctly, most apps will lag a lot and the system will be unresponsive

Bill2 · 20 Dec 2010

It'll run slow. The absolute minimum recommended memory for win7 is 1 gb. Right now, on the machine I'm typing on, i have hardly any apps open and about 1.25 gb ram is being consumed. If you plan to run memory intensive apps or a lot of apps at the same time, invest in more ram or a better rig.

whs · 20 Dec 2010

It runs OK, especially the 32bit version. It is not as fast as it can be, but it runs faster than e.g. Vista. 2GB of RAM is recommended. At todays prices of RAM sticks (cheap), I would upgrade. Scan your system from this website and you know what your options are. Installing RAM sticks on a laptop is really very easy.

whs · 20 Dec 2010

Bill2 said:

It'll run slow. The absolute minimum recommended memory for win7 is 1 gb. Right now, on the machine I'm typing on, i have hardly any apps open and about 1.25 gb ram is being consumed. If you plan to run memory intensive apps or a lot of apps at the same time, invest in more ram or a better rig.

I have observed that the RAM usage is a function of the available RAM. In a 1GB system, the usage would be in the 600 to 700MBs. But then, of course, you get more paging activity which slows the system down.

DeaconFrost · 20 Dec 2010

It will run well enough to use for the basics, like web-browsing and e-mail. It won't leave much headroom for anything else, like gaming, photo-editing, etc.

pparks1 · 20 Dec 2010

Since it's the minimum requirement, expect minimal performance.

ARG · 20 Dec 2010

thanks for the advice guys ! i think i will upgrade the ram on my netbook

logicearth · 20 Dec 2010

Seeing as my netbook is just that, all it does is browse the web, watch a few youtube videos (480 is the max), answer emails and IMs... 1 GB is more then enough. What really is slowing down the netbook is not the RAM but the processor. And who would do gaming (other then super simple games, of course) on a netbook?

ARG · 20 Dec 2010

logicearth said:

Seeing as my netbook is just that, all it does is browse the web, watch a few youtube videos (480 is the max), answer emails and IMs... 1 GB is more then enough. What really is slowing down the netbook is not the RAM but the processor.

yepp , i think so.

do you turn on all of the windows 7 features ? ( like aero for example

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