Vista does hog resources!
It is also, however, putting them to good use.
I just installed 8GB on my vista system, and while 4.5GB is in use constantly, it is the fastest I have ever seen Vista.
I believe that there is no x64 version of windows 7 right now, which is another good reason as to why they didnt test it.
But I do agree, with 2.75-3.5GB being the RAM limit, a 4GB system would benefit a lot more a 64bit OS.
I'm using build 7000 right now. And yes, it is clearly quicker than XP, and there arent as many point where it has the potential to stop. It feels very fluid. Its the best windows version yet but a fair margin.
On a laptop its not as nice unfortunately.
It IS definitely faster than Vista, but not XP.
And finding drivers was an absolute mess.
I use my laptop mainly for school, and going to from class to class I usually repeatedly put my laptop to sleep, which has worked fine.
But windows 7 just refuses to perform quickly or entirely properly after waking up the computer.
It could be an isolated incident, but I have to restart it to get the same performance.
In spite of anything though, I really do like this new flavor of OS and I think MS is going to do well with it.
uTorrent has a feature called local peer discovery that does that exactly.
It was even able to discover other people at my university sharing the files.
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Vista does hog resources! It is also, however, putting them to good use. I just installed 8GB on my vista system, and while 4.5GB is in use constantly, it is the fastest I have ever seen Vista.
I believe that there is no x64 version of windows 7 right now, which is another good reason as to why they didnt test it. But I do agree, with 2.75-3.5GB being the RAM limit, a 4GB system would benefit a lot more a 64bit OS.
I'm using build 7000 right now. And yes, it is clearly quicker than XP, and there arent as many point where it has the potential to stop. It feels very fluid. Its the best windows version yet but a fair margin.
On a laptop its not as nice unfortunately. It IS definitely faster than Vista, but not XP. And finding drivers was an absolute mess. I use my laptop mainly for school, and going to from class to class I usually repeatedly put my laptop to sleep, which has worked fine. But windows 7 just refuses to perform quickly or entirely properly after waking up the computer. It could be an isolated incident, but I have to restart it to get the same performance. In spite of anything though, I really do like this new flavor of OS and I think MS is going to do well with it.
uTorrent has a feature called local peer discovery that does that exactly. It was even able to discover other people at my university sharing the files.