Ok, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't an OS supposed to use a lot of ram? The more ram the OS allocates, the less page file it needs to use, thus making the computer faster since ram can be read faster. Now, most OSes have a thing called, garbage cleaning, where every once in a while unused parts of memory get deleted, or at least moved to pagefile. So the core OS can use up all of you memory when it is idle, making basic OS functions( file browsing, searching) faster. Then when a program or game takes cpu priority, it also will take ram priority, moving less needed memory to pagefile. This means that the program or game will run as fast as possible because it is mostly in ram now. This is why when you alt-tab out of a game, it lags for a second or two, then goes back to full speed, it has to access all of the pagefile memory of the OS processes. Then when you alt-tab back into the game, it still goes the same speed(more or less). So in theroy(I don't know if all of this is correct) you want as much in ram as possible because of the bottleneck that the hard drive creates.
[quote]I love how any who likes Vista is a paid for shill, but anyone who likes Mac or Linux is a free-thinking smart person.[/quote]I can understand defending underdogs like Linux and Apple, but why would anyone feel compelled to defend MS? I mean other than when someone makes untrue remarks about MS and its products, which is much rarer than MS fanboys and shills like to make it seem.Like this sensationalist article for instance. Vista takes advantage of emerging technology, it is the hardware that's doing the "magic." This same functionality can be added to any OS.As a matter of fact, Linux live CDs have been taking advantage of USB drives/cards (or anything supported by your BIOS) to speed up booting for over a year now. What exactly is so exciting about Vista doing it?In any case, once solid state drives become cheap enough to use as system drives (30GB or so for Vista I guess?), then they will make all this irrelevant. That's already in the works, by the time Vista is mainstream, solid state drives will be too.Now you MS fanboys and shills, don't be vindictive because we don't share your zealotry for MS and Emperor Gates. Sane human beings use the best products they can get, they don't worship corporations!
@Everyone saying I got paid or am a MS employee for that...I wish!@CytranicWhat are you talking about? I've been using the RTM for weeks and have had several betas and RCs on my desktop. I've been using it for months. I never have any issues with any of Microsoft's management applications, nor has my IT department and they're working with AD, Exchange and IIS all the time (they've completely transisitoned to Vista).I am logged into different virtuals all throughout the day through RDP and never have a hiccup. In fact, it works better than the previous verison in that you can set it to remember your passwords for logging in.I'd say you have some hardware issues or you're just an idiot.
Right, let's all ignore the fact that RAM is volatile memory and loses all stored data the second it loses power, rendering it completely useless as some kind of boot precache. *Christ* you people are slow. 8 posts debating the pros and cons of using the installed RAM or Flash media and not one person mentions that only the latter will retain ANY DATA AFTER SHUTDOWN.
Pretty great illustration, of the Ready Boost Capabilities. If you combine the ReadyBoost, with some Performance Tuning and Tweaks to Windows Vista, and you can really have a screaming machine.
jivemastaDec 31, 2006
Ok, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't an OS supposed to use a lot of ram? The more ram the OS allocates, the less page file it needs to use, thus making the computer faster since ram can be read faster. Now, most OSes have a thing called, garbage cleaning, where every once in a while unused parts of memory get deleted, or at least moved to pagefile. So the core OS can use up all of you memory when it is idle, making basic OS functions( file browsing, searching) faster. Then when a program or game takes cpu priority, it also will take ram priority, moving less needed memory to pagefile. This means that the program or game will run as fast as possible because it is mostly in ram now. This is why when you alt-tab out of a game, it lags for a second or two, then goes back to full speed, it has to access all of the pagefile memory of the OS processes. Then when you alt-tab back into the game, it still goes the same speed(more or less). So in theroy(I don't know if all of this is correct) you want as much in ram as possible because of the bottleneck that the hard drive creates.
gurubanksDec 31, 2006
that is would go away.
obkenobiDec 31, 2006
[quote]I love how any who likes Vista is a paid for shill, but anyone who likes Mac or Linux is a free-thinking smart person.[/quote]I can understand defending underdogs like Linux and Apple, but why would anyone feel compelled to defend MS? I mean other than when someone makes untrue remarks about MS and its products, which is much rarer than MS fanboys and shills like to make it seem.Like this sensationalist article for instance. Vista takes advantage of emerging technology, it is the hardware that's doing the "magic." This same functionality can be added to any OS.As a matter of fact, Linux live CDs have been taking advantage of USB drives/cards (or anything supported by your BIOS) to speed up booting for over a year now. What exactly is so exciting about Vista doing it?In any case, once solid state drives become cheap enough to use as system drives (30GB or so for Vista I guess?), then they will make all this irrelevant. That's already in the works, by the time Vista is mainstream, solid state drives will be too.Now you MS fanboys and shills, don't be vindictive because we don't share your zealotry for MS and Emperor Gates. Sane human beings use the best products they can get, they don't worship corporations!
pjbonovoxJan 1, 2007
Turned off within 5 seconds due the f**king awful music.
yarnageJan 1, 2007
@Everyone saying I got paid or am a MS employee for that...I wish!@CytranicWhat are you talking about? I've been using the RTM for weeks and have had several betas and RCs on my desktop. I've been using it for months. I never have any issues with any of Microsoft's management applications, nor has my IT department and they're working with AD, Exchange and IIS all the time (they've completely transisitoned to Vista).I am logged into different virtuals all throughout the day through RDP and never have a hiccup. In fact, it works better than the previous verison in that you can set it to remember your passwords for logging in.I'd say you have some hardware issues or you're just an idiot.
secretsandmanJan 1, 2007
Right, let's all ignore the fact that RAM is volatile memory and loses all stored data the second it loses power, rendering it completely useless as some kind of boot precache. *Christ* you people are slow. 8 posts debating the pros and cons of using the installed RAM or Flash media and not one person mentions that only the latter will retain ANY DATA AFTER SHUTDOWN.
Closed AccountMay 7, 2008
Wow, this is cool.
mswindowsvistaAug 29, 2008
Pretty great illustration, of the Ready Boost Capabilities. If you combine the ReadyBoost, with some Performance Tuning and Tweaks to Windows Vista, and you can really have a screaming machine.
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