How much RAM was in the machine? On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:29 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Sue Cubic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ya know, I'm just a simple Windows user here. I have a few "experiences" > > under my belt, which people on this list have helped me resolve, but > never > > anything too serious. > > > > Replies like this are wearying. "Switch to a Mac"??? This woman just > gave > > a brand new computer to her son. There is a problem with it. I really > > don't think she wrote in to this list to be told "Switch to a Mac". Do > you > > really feel that is helpful advice at this point? > > Such advice referencing the existing circumstance is not helpful. > > Someone I know was having all sorts of problems with her new Toshiba > laptop running Vista. Sometimes it would run feebly, sometimes it > would not even start up. She was absolutely positive that her > computer was seriously infected. No amount of wiping the drive and > reinstalling the OS cleared up anything, so she called in the geek > squad. They fixed the problem, charged her a bunch of money, and told > her what was causing the problem. Too little RAM. The amount of RAM > that came with the laptop, that also came with Vista installed, was > insufficient to allow the machine to boot up upon turning it on much > of the time. How can a computer even be allowed to be sold at > MicroCenter if it does not have sufficient RAM to allow for booting > up? > > Steve > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
