vista beta 2 running very choppy

I've got beta 2 on a 3.2ghz gateway, 512k of ram, should be running good right? I just installed it, and the system is running REALLY choppy, the mouse sticks and goes, sticks and goes, ... what could be the problem? Programs load slowly too. I did an upgrade from XP home edition by the way if that helps. Please email me at jdlockhart@hotmail.com!

With all the debug/symbol code and considering optimizations aren't turned on (we have to wait for RC1 at least) 512meg is going to run slow. Considering 512meg is the is the bottom limit to run XP well (my opinion) let alone a beta OS. I do hope you didnt upgrade over XP. Not only now will you have lost XP, an upgrade over an existing OS is bound to cause problems with conflicting drivers and such.
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I've got beta 2 on a 3.2ghz gateway, 512k of ram, should be running good right? I just installed it, and the system is running REALLY choppy, the mouse sticks and goes, sticks and goes, ... what could be the problem? Programs load slowly too. I did an upgrade from XP home edition by the way if that helps. Please email me at jdlockhart@hotmail.com!

I'm running 1.6Ghz with 512 MB Ram; my Vista is working very well; not choppy at all. Although I initially did the upgrade; I found that it was as you described; being choppy and such; but with the clean install that I did just after that; everything has been working like a dream.
You may want to check out the control panel; and Performane Rating and Tools; I found some good suggestions from Vista in there on how to speed up the system as well. Ironically; my system is rated as 1; but I'm working quicker than I did with Windows XP...
Justin
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I've got beta 2 on a 3.2ghz gateway, 512k of ram, should be running good right? I just installed it, and the system is running REALLY choppy, the mouse sticks and goes, sticks and goes, ... what could be the problem? Programs load slowly too. I did an upgrade from XP home edition by the way if that helps. Please email me at jdlockhart@hotmail.com!