May I ask what every one is doing with there PC's to require this extra 256MB of Ram as well as wtf they are complaining about? I see bitch bitch bitch but I don't see your problem, "It crashes", so does allot of other OS's. "Its eating away all that extra stuff I don't use", maybe you're just to ignorant to end all of the pointless programs running on your computer?
I think my most probable theory is every one is extremely stupid and can't work out Vista, I took me 2 weeks to get use to but now I'm getting things done 2x faster and able to play new Modern games on decent graphics. And Maybe next time rather then buying a super computer, buy what you need and research around before hand.
hey!hey!hey! Who said you could speak rationally in this thread? Your only allowed to post if you have a small collection of dislikes and wild generalizations about the operating system! Remember, don't blame the user who probably has trouble heating up soup never mind using a computer, blame the software made by a multi-billion-dollar company who has had an entire division of trained professionals work on a product!
Also, don't blame the fact that people are too cheap and/or ignorant to upgrade their hardware! just blame the operating system for being "slow".
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2 GB of RAM is the norm now as PC manufactures have caught onto the wild misconception that "Lotsa RAM = Blazing speed and performance". In fact, most prebuilts come with 3 or 4 GB standard. Really, its the combined efforts of all the components in a computer and the software configuration that determine the performance.
However, even the best computer can be brought to their knees when users abuse their machines by filling them with crappy applications, spyware, adware, viruses and a whole bunch of other user-created problems. If your machine is running slow and you have had it for more than a year, then you probably need to run CCleaner, antivirus software, delete unused programs and finally perform a disk defragmentation. If that is not enough, then its time to upgrade.