4 GB May Be Vista's RAM Sweet Spot 767
jcatcw writes "David Short, an IBM consultant who works in the Global Services Division and has been beta testing Vista for two years, says users should consider 4GB of RAM if they really want optimum Vista performance. With Vista's minimum requirement of 512MB of RAM, Vista will deliver performance that's 'sub-XP,' he says. (Dell and others recommend 2GB.) One reason: SuperFetch, which fetches applications and data, and feeds them into RAM to make them accessible more quickly. More RAM means more caching."
Turn SuperFetch off (Score:5, Funny)
Well, Duh...
Remember the $40/Meg RAM days?
heh heh (Score:4, Funny)
But I'm guessing it's going to be a sticking point for most consumers. At least, the ones without a sugar daddy.
Great idea Microsoft! (Score:5, Funny)
1) Cache contents of entire hard disk to RAM
2) Claim performance boost in Vista
3) Profit!
Article in a nutshell... (Score:5, Funny)
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He must still be running (Score:3, Funny)
More RAM (Score:5, Funny)
To be safe... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Pre-emptive strike! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Bad news for intel here.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:4GB? 64bit here we come! Lets just hope *nix wi (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Pre-emptive strike! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Turn SuperFetch off (Score:5, Funny)
$100,000 for 16K? Teehee, and you had to build a new wing for it.
Translation (Score:3, Funny)
It's FUD that you need more RAM.
I always need more RAM.
(Yeah, another logical
Re:I disagree (Score:5, Funny)
Heh. And Apple's "super slick" interface runs just fine on my three year old iBook (800Mhz G4, 640mb RAM) and I typically have >15 applications open at a time.
I know this is not a reasonable comparison, as Windows can't open 15 apps at a time
(joke)
Re:What? (Score:4, Funny)
The satisfaction in knowing that you are no longer using an operating system that directly contributes to the decline of Microsoft's profits?
4 Gig is recommended.... (Score:3, Funny)
Besides, this will just accelerate the "faster and cheaper every month" rule for hardware. It's a good thing(tm)
Egads! I fear the return of [cue scary music] (Score:1, Funny)
Re:What? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Seriously (Score:5, Funny)
Sure, you can watch video with a 800 Mhz, 256 MB, Windows 2000 box. But you can't do all the real-time encryption / decryption operations required for modern DRM systems. So we're SO MUCH better off with today's faster machines and Vista.
Re:heh heh (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Turn SuperFetch off (Score:5, Funny)
Vista: RAM is very important to your system. Are you sure you want to look at your RAM?
You: OK
Vista: Are you sure? Anything you do might cause your computer to perform poorly. Are you sure?
You: OK
Vista: Really? Cause I don't think you'd even know what to look for. Are you sure?
You: OK
Vista: Really?
You: OK
etc. . .
Re:I disagree (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Turn SuperFetch off (Score:5, Funny)
Vista: O rly?
You: Ya rly!
Dealing with Vista (Score:5, Funny)
Corridor, Aft End
This is one end of a short corridor that continues fore along the main deck of the Heart of Gold. Doorways lead to aft and port. In addition, a gangway leads downward.
>go south
That entrance leads to the Infinite Improbability Drive chamber. It's supposed to be a terribly dangerous area of the ship. Are you sure you want to go in there?
>go south
Absolutely sure?
>go south
I can tell you don't want to really. You stride away with a spring in your step, wisely leaving the Drive Chamber safely behind you. Telegrams arrive from well-wishers in all corners of the Galaxy congratulating you on your prudence and wisdom, cheering you up immensely.
>go south
What? You're joking, of course. Can I ask you to reconsider?
>go south
Engine Room
You're in the Infinite Improbability Drive chamber. Nothing happens; there is nothing to see.
>look
I mean it! There's nothing to see here!
>look
Okay, okay, there are a FEW things to see here...
(the above with all due respect to Douglas Adams, Steve Meretzky, and Infocom)
Vista as Martin the depressive robot (Score:5, Funny)
Eg, as Martin the depressive robot :
OS : You are about to visit a web page. It sounds like fun, but I'm just stuck being a boring OS assistant. Do you really want to go there?
You : Yes
OS : Figures, I'll never have even a fraction of the fun you're having using this computer. That page wants to run a flash application. Are you sure you want to go to that web page?
You : yes, dammit
OS : You are annoyed at me, I'm just a dumb lowly Operating System security warning system. You probably don't even care about me at all. Do you want me to stop nagging you?
You : YES, PLEASE shut the hell up
OS : Oh, that's great, I've been programmed with state of the art security warning information, and you just don't want to appreciate my pathetic self. Are you sure you really want to turn me off?
You : YES, go away and never come back.
OS : Fine, I'll just sit here in my own misery, and hope that you turn me back on one day, which you probably won't.
Re:Turn SuperFetch off (Score:2, Funny)
Linux can manage to fill all 2gigs of my home server's memory fairly easily. Said server only hosts my blog and the odd other thing.
Its basically all cache.
Re:THis is obscene! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I disagree (Score:0, Funny)
Re:More RAM (Score:5, Funny)
Dell: "What?"
Microsoft: "Want some of this?"
*Microsoft waves a bunch of cash in dells face*
Dell: "Yes please
You can Imagine the rest...
Re:Turn SuperFetch off (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I disagree (Score:2, Funny)
Re:More RAM (Score:2, Funny)
Bill Says... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Turn SuperFetch off (Score:3, Funny)
Then they could cache all that RAM into a new system file and call it pagefile2.sys
Re:More RAM (Score:3, Funny)
I think there was a cigar involved.