By now you must have heard so much about Windows Vista, the newest operating system (OS) from the Windows stable, you must be dying to lay your hands on a copy. And so you run out and get yourself a copy of Windows Vista faster than you can say ‘Geronimo’. However, the moment you install it you begin to see the light: it is not as fast as you thought! So what do you do now? It’s a pity that you can’t do much about it in the way of software fixes. The only thing left to do is to get some of the advanced features turned off and try to get your hardware upgraded. Here is a list of things you can do to rev up your copy of Windows Vista. Add more RAM Random Access Memory (RAM) is the place where your PC stores the programs that are currently being run and the data needed for them to run. RAM is easier and faster to read from than any other kind of storage medium. Adding more RAM is one of the easiest and simplest ways to add more speed to your PC. 
The minimum recommended RAM for Vista is 1GB but adding more than 1GB will speed up your system. This table details the maximum amount of RAM supported by each edition of Windows Vista:
| Edition of Windows Vista |
32-bit edition
|
64-bit edition
|
| Vista Home Basic |
4GB
|
8GB
|
| Home Premium |
4GB
|
16GB
|
| Business, Enterprise and Ultimate |
4GB
|
128GB or more
|
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