elbert
Champion
[citation][nom]siliconchampion[/nom]Almost no OEM systems come with more than 4GB's of RAM so really I see no disadvantage to sticking with XP."Except that only Professional and Ultimate editions will be eledible for the downgrade program. Just as they are today. What Microsoft is offering is nothing new, it's been that way for years (Even before XP)[/citation]Every laptop over $650 at best buy has 4Gb of ram, with a few with 6GB. 1 year ago the average in that price range was 2-3, with 32bit os'es. A year from now, and most laptops will have even more memory; I can see 8GB becoming a fairly standard measure as the prices on 4Gb sticks of ddr2 are dropping.Speaking of desktops, every desktop over $499 has 4gb, over $600 typically nets you 6GB, and over $779 nets you 8Gb. This is going to go up as well, because ram is a cheap way for OEM's to make their specs look more impressive, it is really a numbers game from this point.I build all of my own desktop computers, and I will never again build a computer with less than 4GB memory (6 for x58) and I will be using Vista x64 until seven is released on all my builds.Funny enough, I have more issues these days with driver compatability with XP than vista x64.[/citation]
So basically get a high end CPU, 4GB's of ram, and XP and be happy. be sad with a tri core phenom not current phenom 2, wrong memory ddr2 5300, and vista for $550 gateway. 😉 I see 46 desktops with 4GB's or less with only 18 more than 4 starting at $550. The $550 gateway is crap so shouldn't even count. Bestbuy has 1 laptops with more than 4GB's for $1200 and zero netbooks.
You build your own so why don't you state less than 6GB's? 4GB's with an integrated gpu, as is the case with most OEM's, is fine for XP.
So basically get a high end CPU, 4GB's of ram, and XP and be happy. be sad with a tri core phenom not current phenom 2, wrong memory ddr2 5300, and vista for $550 gateway. 😉 I see 46 desktops with 4GB's or less with only 18 more than 4 starting at $550. The $550 gateway is crap so shouldn't even count. Bestbuy has 1 laptops with more than 4GB's for $1200 and zero netbooks.
You build your own so why don't you state less than 6GB's? 4GB's with an integrated gpu, as is the case with most OEM's, is fine for XP.