> I just find it ironic that running Word requires massively more RAM than 
> running a bleeding-edge computer game, that's all.

What you mean is, you don't understand why Vista needs more RAM than a 
modern games console has to work properly.  Did you ever think that a modern 
desktop OS does vastly more than a games console does?  Or that a modern OS 
is designed to take advantage of hardware upgrades?  (Vista is using 2.4GB 
on this machine now with nothing much running, but I know that my CAD 
software will open in a fraction of the time it did on XP - of course I want 
MS to put in features like this).

Actually, I was surprised when I found this:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=247

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