Windows running slow on 512 RAM

i was just wondering if running windows on the macbook on 512MB RAM will be really slow. cuz i heard that the ram is designed to be really fast for the mac os but when you run windows it's different. I'll only be using the macbook for photos, music, school stuff, movies. let me know if you have anything else to say about this like maybe upgrading the harddrive or whatever.
thanks.

It is difficult (nearly impossible) to compare RAM performance under MacOSX vs. Bootcamp WindowXP (Or Windows system in general). Benchmark out there are only for reference and different people have different sayings which is simply confusing.
However, there are tons of reviews on the net that shows Bootcamp Windows performance is similar to other notebook PC on the market. Apple Macbook performance is definetely not the best, but not too bad.
So the general rule for upgrading notebook applies to MacBook as well. If you have cash, dish out more RAM. This will benefit the overall machine performance significantly.
I agree with the other poster here regarding the requirement of RAM under MacOSX and WinXP.
I've upgrade my brothers Macbook to 1.25GB and my Mac Mini to 1.25GB. Both machine shows significant improvement on most operation.
So if you have $, try to spend as much as possible on RAM.

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    I have a Windows 8.1 and it's even running slow.  I'm a complete novice with computers (I've only had this one for 3 weeks) and I'm probably doing something wrong, but I haven't a clue what.
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    Maybe these links provide some pertinent information.
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    From: Barbara B.
    Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 3:56 PM
    To: Mike DMD
    Subject: PSE 12 running slow in Windows 7?
          I followed the instructions exactly as in the article.I don’t think there is much scope for error as i did not encounter similarly named files and the described path took me exactly to the file in Program Files. I am certain I have never encountered similar problems with my laptop before. Even if I made a mistake, it would have been so easy to make that I would not recommend anyone else to try that!
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