rebelagent

Ok Vista is killing me I just got it with the my new Inspiron 1501 about 3-4 months ago and it lags. It turns on fast but turning it off is incredibly agonizing. To have to wait for the updates then to think about shutting down.

I should probably upgrade my memory since I have a AMD 64x2 1.6ghz turion
Memory says 894mb but its 1gb mem.

Anything else i should do to speed up my work day? I usually run Adobe Photoshop CS on here. Then sometimes I run multiple windows such as my email, my server, an edit page, and notepad...and it starts lagging really bad. On my PC i have no problem.

I regularly use CCleaner to clear cache and other issues. I use AVG Free to scan for viruses. Yet it still lags my laptop...my computer is just fine...is it just what i get for using a laptop? Is there a way to fix this up