Originally Posted By: hate2work
For one, Vista is a resource hog,
Personally, I have not found it to be the case. Maybe it does preload some stuff that older systems would not, but that's the whole point, so it can be faster. What's the point of having a lot of RAM if it's going to be sitting unused?
FYI, I've got 3GB RAM in my Vista desktop, and it usually never uses more than 1 GB. 1.5 GB if I have a lot of apps running.