Bear in mind that we heard a lot of these very same arguments when Win2k and XP first broke on the scene a decade ago.
Folks then were struggling to get Win2k to live on 64mb of PC100 and 400mhz processors without overwhelming things.
It's just part of the constant tug of war between HW and SW standards.
As much as I liked Win2k, Win7 and x64, and not Vista, are the future. Where I can run it, I will. At some point, you have to move forward.
In two or three years, mainstream machines will have 10-20gb ram, and Vista will be a lightweight.
Folks then were struggling to get Win2k to live on 64mb of PC100 and 400mhz processors without overwhelming things.
It's just part of the constant tug of war between HW and SW standards.
As much as I liked Win2k, Win7 and x64, and not Vista, are the future. Where I can run it, I will. At some point, you have to move forward.
In two or three years, mainstream machines will have 10-20gb ram, and Vista will be a lightweight.