Would this make a noticiable difference?

Hello,

I have a Dimension XPS 410 with the following specs:

System Specs:

Dell XPS 410
2.13Ghz Pentium Core 2 Duo
1536MB RAM
Phillips 16X DVD-ROM
Plextor PX755SA 16x DVD Writer
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
SATA Western Digital 160Gig 10,000 RPM
SATA Maxtor 250 Gig 16mb cache
SATA Western Digital 36 gig 10,000 RPM

I've also upgraded to Windows Vista Home Edition. I've read that Vista runs
best on 2048MB of RAM. Would upgrading to a complete 2Gig make a noticeable
difference in performance. Most of my usage is keeping several windows open
at the same time, Web Browser, Mediaplayer, Outlook or Windows Mail,
uTorrent, Firefox (with several tabs open at the same time.)

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:42:03 -0400, "Jeff Ingram" <ingramje@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have a Dimension XPS 410 with the following specs:
>
>System Specs:
>
>Dell XPS 410
>2.13Ghz Pentium Core 2 Duo
>1536MB RAM
>Phillips 16X DVD-ROM
>Plextor PX755SA 16x DVD Writer
>Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
>SATA Western Digital 160Gig 10,000 RPM
>SATA Maxtor 250 Gig 16mb cache
>SATA Western Digital 36 gig 10,000 RPM
>
>I've also upgraded to Windows Vista Home Edition. I've read that Vista runs
>best on 2048MB of RAM. Would upgrading to a complete 2Gig make a noticeable
>difference in performance. Most of my usage is keeping several windows open
>at the same time, Web Browser, Mediaplayer, Outlook or Windows Mail,
>uTorrent, Firefox (with several tabs open at the same time.)


From what I just read yesterday, it's probably not going to be
noticeable unless you do a lot of multitasking w/ or w/o video
editing large files and in your case, it sounds like this doesn't
apply. But in the past, the rule of thumb is "you never can have
enough" <grin>.

Jeff Ingram wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a Dimension XPS 410 with the following specs:
>
> System Specs:
>
> Dell XPS 410
> 2.13Ghz Pentium Core 2 Duo
> 1536MB RAM
> Phillips 16X DVD-ROM
> Plextor PX755SA 16x DVD Writer
> Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card
> SATA Western Digital 160Gig 10,000 RPM
> SATA Maxtor 250 Gig 16mb cache
> SATA Western Digital 36 gig 10,000 RPM
>
> I've also upgraded to Windows Vista Home Edition. I've read that Vista
> runs best on 2048MB of RAM. Would upgrading to a complete 2Gig make a
> noticeable difference in performance. Most of my usage is keeping
> several windows open at the same time, Web Browser, Mediaplayer, Outlook
> or Windows Mail, uTorrent, Firefox (with several tabs open at the same
> time.)
There are tools in any decent operating system to tell you when you are
low on resources. I don't know how good they are in Vista (overall I'm
not impressed with Vista at all), but I guess they should be usable.
Task manager is one of them of course. It's better to check if you are
low and then consider upgrading if necessary. Otherwise its just a waste
of money, time and electricity (OK, not much, but a few Watts at least).