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And lo on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:23:47 +0100, scott <sco### [at] scott com> did
spake, saying:
>> OS+applications requires 1 Gb of RAM
>> new OS+same applications requires 2 GB of RAM
>>
>> It's not the point that RAM is cheap the question is why do you need to
>> double your RAM size in order to get similar results as with your
>> previous OS?
>
> Because Vista was designed for new computers? I guess MS saw it as a
> waste of money optimising it for older machines.
A more precise answer would be - because it's doing more then the old OS,
but it's all under the surface where you can't see it.
At which point the question becomes - What stuff and does it make things
better?
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Phil Cook
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