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Originally Posted by Lasereth
Vista and 7 have RAM taken up while idling, but the RAM is still being utilized to its fullest extend. Vista and 7 simply allocate the memory differently so it looks like it's being wasted, when in reality it's simply being used to "prep" your PC for anything that may happen. In the end there is no negative consequence. When Vista first came out people didn't understand this and it got a bad rep for no reason.
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That is what I figured, and was not definitely not a negative point about Vista for me. My only problem so far has been the somwhat flaky DVD burner which my research tells me was caused by the bad hard drive that shipped with this beastie. Tomorrow I get to use the recovery disk to reinstall Vista on the new drive they sent me.
Then I will be installing soundforge and other apps that will actually be using more of the ram. It sounds sacrilegious to me, but I am keeping the eye candy even after seeing how to restore the classic look I have always used before on win2k and XP. This is the biggest upgrade for me since the 286 10 Mhz -> 486 DX2 66 MHz, and it has plenty of power for the extra visual flair from what I see.