The biggest speed bump comes from a SSD instead of a HD.
I agree with zeebee , get at least 4gb with win7 , get a 64 bit OS , 8gb is a reasonable upgrade amount ... but get a SSD or a hybrid SSD/HDD and place your swap file on the SSD portion...
I’m running Vista with 3GB and it’s fine for “normal” stuff...
I’m still not certain that the speed vs. cost factor leans all that greatly towards an SSD instead of more memory. Perhaps when they start matching prices with standard HDDs then I might consider purchasing one.
I've heard this also, but have no SSD in service on my machines.
A dual-boot machine with some flavor of Linux is also a good idea to speed up your machine.
Totally agree. I made the shift to Mac after my Vista experience. I bought a MacBook Air with an SSD that goes from cold iron to working in 22 seconds. It also runs windows very quickly
The biggest speed bump comes from a SSD instead of a HD.”
I have several laptops and always upgrade to 8 memory. But I am especially fond of my Win 7 64 bit SSD laptop.
SSD’s are really dropping in price. I bought 2 256GB Crucial drives off Amazon for about $100 each. I put one in my laptop and I use the other for the boot drive on my desktop (with a 1TB D drive for data). It is the way to go.