My new HP Pavillion latptop seems slow with vista?

I just purchased a new HP Pavillion Dv6205 us. It has Pentium Dual Core and Vista Basic and 512 DDR Ram. It seems to run slow, could it be because I have 512 DDR and not 1 GIG. I went to the store where i purchased the laptop and the computer with 1 gig runs faster then mine. Any help would be great. Thanks

 

That could be the problem. Try disabling some effects. This might help speed things up a little bit.

1. <LI>Click Start, right click on Computer, and click Properties. <LI>Click Advanced System Settings. <LI>Click on the Advanced tab. Under Performance, click Settings. <LI>Uncheck these options: <UL><LI>Fade or slide menus into view <LI>Fade or slide tooltips into view <LI>Fade out menu items after clicking <LI>Show shadows under menus <LI>Slide open combo boxes <LI>Slide taskbar buttons <LI>Use a background image for each folder type</LI>

<LI>Close the Performance Options &amp; System Properties dialogs.</LI>[/list]

 

I have one also, your machine is running on one channel now ,you need to install another stick of matching ram.By matching I mean the same size like 512. Your machine will speed up alot when you do this.I put 2 sticks of 1mg in mine and it FLIES.I have the original 512 stick that came out of the machine if you are interested in it.Either way do yourself a favor and get another stick of ram so your machine can work to its potential.Make sure you buy the correct ram its pc2-5300 200 pin DDR2 SODIMM.

Good Luck

Bruce