You might say Google Mail is in the running, having been in beta since 2004 According to this Wikipedia article (or, more specifically, its sources), Google Mail has 10s of millions of users. I'd hardly call that Vaporware.
Perhaps your experience with much of the system memory being used is due to SuperFetch. See the article below for more information. Bottom line, however, is a.) Vista may be using your system more efficiently and b.) if you don't like SuperFetch, it's easy enough to turn off.
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Wonder what else our armed forces and government have purchased that is fake or just plain doesn't work the way it should...
Yes. Emusic.com, and it's cheaper than $1.29 per song.
Perhaps your experience with much of the system memory being used is due to SuperFetch. See the article below for more information. Bottom line, however, is a.) Vista may be using your system more efficiently and b.) if you don't like SuperFetch, it's easy enough to turn off.h tml
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000688.