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4 GB May Be Vista's RAM Sweet Spot
jcatcw writes "David Short, an IBM consultant who works in the Global Services Division and has been beta testing Vista for two years, says users should consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance. With Vista's minimum requirement of 512MB of RAM, Vista will deliver performance that's 'sub-XP,' he says. (Dell and others recommend 2GB.) One reason: SuperFetch, which fetches applications and data, and feeds them into RAM to make them accessible more quickly. More RAM means more caching."
"More RAM means more caching."
Well, Duh...
Remember the $40/Meg RAM days?
4 GB May Be Vista's RAM Sweet Spot
But I'm guessing it's going to be a sticking point for most consumers. At least, the ones without a sugar daddy.
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
1) Cache contents of entire hard disk to RAM
2) Claim performance boost in Vista
3) Profit!
More RAM == Better!
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eleven plus two / twelve plus one
Display write and a 3270 emulator.
means more CASHing!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
...640 GB should be enough for everyone.
"640,000 DIMM slots ought to be enough for anyone"
Cue Vista copying the Mac.....
if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.
They have great 64 bit offerings. You just have to purchase 32 licenses for their 2 bit offerings to get there.
The only change I can believe in is what I find in my couch cushions.
640 gigs ought to be enough for anybody.
Boot Windows, Linux, and ESX over the network for free.
Translation:
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It's FUD that you need more RAM.
I always need more RAM.
(Yeah, another logical
Developers: We can use your help.
Heh. And Apple's "super slick" interface runs just fine on my three year old iBook (800Mhz G4, 640mb RAM) and I typically have >15 applications open at a time.
I know this is not a reasonable comparison, as Windows can't open 15 apps at a time
(joke)
The satisfaction in knowing that you are no longer using an operating system that directly contributes to the decline of Microsoft's profits?
"Oh drat these computers, they're so naughty and so complex. I could pinch them."
Marvin the Martian
....if you don't want Vista to run like OSX.
Besides, this will just accelerate the "faster and cheaper every month" rule for hardware. It's a good thing(tm)
do() || do_not();
emm.sys. That should send waves of chills through the grey-hairs here!
Loose lips lose spit.
> people watch and store videos and music on their computer -- sometimes simultaneously.
Sure, you can watch video with a 800 Mhz, 256 MB, Windows 2000 box. But you can't do all the real-time encryption / decryption operations required for modern DRM systems. So we're SO MUCH better off with today's faster machines and Vista.
[Insert pithy quote here]
You fellas have computers in outback Queensland? :P
Am I the only one reminded of the Infocom game Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy whenever someone describes their experience with Vista?
Corridor, Aft End
This is one end of a short corridor that continues fore along the main deck of the Heart of Gold. Doorways lead to aft and port. In addition, a gangway leads downward.
>go south
That entrance leads to the Infinite Improbability Drive chamber. It's supposed to be a terribly dangerous area of the ship. Are you sure you want to go in there?
>go south
Absolutely sure?
>go south
I can tell you don't want to really. You stride away with a spring in your step, wisely leaving the Drive Chamber safely behind you. Telegrams arrive from well-wishers in all corners of the Galaxy congratulating you on your prudence and wisdom, cheering you up immensely.
>go south
What? You're joking, of course. Can I ask you to reconsider?
>go south
Engine Room
You're in the Infinite Improbability Drive chamber. Nothing happens; there is nothing to see.
>look
I mean it! There's nothing to see here!
>look
Okay, okay, there are a FEW things to see here...
(the above with all due respect to Douglas Adams, Steve Meretzky, and Infocom)
Your post makes me wonder whether Microsoft might eventually add various personalities to the Vista warnings.
Eg, as Martin the depressive robot :
OS : You are about to visit a web page. It sounds like fun, but I'm just stuck being a boring OS assistant. Do you really want to go there?
You : Yes
OS : Figures, I'll never have even a fraction of the fun you're having using this computer. That page wants to run a flash application. Are you sure you want to go to that web page?
You : yes, dammit
OS : You are annoyed at me, I'm just a dumb lowly Operating System security warning system. You probably don't even care about me at all. Do you want me to stop nagging you?
You : YES, PLEASE shut the hell up
OS : Oh, that's great, I've been programmed with state of the art security warning information, and you just don't want to appreciate my pathetic self. Are you sure you really want to turn me off?
You : YES, go away and never come back.
OS : Fine, I'll just sit here in my own misery, and hope that you turn me back on one day, which you probably won't.
make world, not war
With Vista you get better DRM so that the pirates cannot steal your movies and credit cards.
4GB ought to be enough for anyone.