And lo on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:23:47 +0100, scott <sco### [at] scottcom> 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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