[AccessD] The old laptop is slowing down

 > I thought it was the limit for 32 bit o.s. to access 4gb or more,  you need 64 bit o.s.

It is, but if I were to put 8 gigs in the laptop, the hardware would only show 4 gigs.  I will put 
Win7 x64 on there anyway.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

On 12/24/2010 8:14 PM, David McAfee wrote:
> I thought it was the limit for 32 bit o.s. to access 4gb or more,  you need
> 64 bit o.s.
>
> Sent from my Droid phone.
> On Dec 24, 2010 2:53 PM, "jwcolby"<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>  wrote:
>>> I moved from Vista to W7 and got a nice bump in response time. Vista is
> such a pig.
>>
>> Tell me! I installed Vista on this laptop a couple of years ago and have
> hated it ever since. I
>> think I will try an upgrade to 2007 just to see if that helps at all.
>>
>>> I assume you went through your processes and killed all the unnecessary
> ones. Crap does accumulate.
>>
>> I do that every 6 months or so.
>>
>>> 4GB Ram?
>>
>> It has 4 gigs now. Unfortunately unknown to me I was sold a laptop with a
> chip set that cannot
>> access more than 3.5 gigs. Who would suspect such a thing?
>>
>>
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>> On 12/24/2010 1:38 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
>>> I moved from Vista to W7 and got a nice bump in response time. Vista is
>>> such a pig. I assume you went through your processes and killed all the
>>> unnecessary ones. Crap does accumulate. 4GB Ram?
>>>
>>> R
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 9:41 AM
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: [AccessD] The old laptop is slowing down
>>>
>>> It is sad and somewhat annoying when the laptop starts slowing down. Is
> it
>>> just perception? Am I accustomed now to remote desktop into faster
> machines
>>> and working in snappier systems? Is it an accumulation of crap? Do I need
>>> a reinstall? Maybe a move from Vista to Windows 7, with a clean install
>>> along the way? An SSD?
>>>
>>> All I know is that things don't load fast any more. Even doing compiles
> on
>>> VS 2008 is a "sit and wait" experience.
>>>
>>> I think I really need a new quad core Intel (bad John, BAD John!) iXXX
> core
>>> running Windows 7 X64 and 16 gigs of ram, all on a 512 G SSD running the
>>> latest Sandforce (who makes up these names?) controller. It is Christmas
>>> after all!
>>>
>>> Now to convince the wife!
>>>
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