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The Vandalisation of Windows
MarathoN:
Hah, well you can minimise swap file usage on Windows 2000, the memory management on XP sucks.
Aloone_Jonez:
I don't know about XP, I can't see why MS would make memory management worse, I know XP uses more RAM than Windows 2000 but it seems to be ok when you disable all the unnesacery services.
I was very impresed with Windows 2000's memory management today at work. I was doing my colege work in OpenOffice while Adobe searched a directory full of very large .pdfs. The system remained very responsive despite the fact that Acrobat reader was using up nearly 100% of the CPU and 376.38MB allocated when there was only 256MB of physical memory.
http://www.illhostit.com/files/1009397511819603/mem%20usage.jpg
One thing I did notice is that although switching between tasks was quite fast using alt+tab, it took ages to maximise a minimised program, I think I've heard about this problem before though.
WMD:
Funny how pretty much every thread in here turns into Windows vs. Linux on issues that weren't even the case when the thread started.
piratePenguin:
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One thing I did notice is that although switching between tasks was quite fast using alt+tab, it took ages to maximise a minimised program, I think I've heard about this problem before though.
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Muzzy mentioned this before. Whenever you minimize some window some info. is erased, and when you ALT+TAB it isn't. It's better keeping it, 'cause you'll need it again.
Something like that.
dmcfarland:
Windows could be a good OS, but it isnt. Microshaft bloats it up with stupid needless bells and whistles. It also manages memory like shit. I wouldnt run Windows with less than 512 Megs. You might as well suck eggs with anything below that. Windows isnt going to get until there is some competition to Microshaft.
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