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Why Use Virtual Memory In Modern Systems? 983

Posted by timothy from the virtually-useless dept.
Cyberhwk writes "I have a system with Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit) installed on it, and it has 4GB of RAM. However when I've been watching system performance, my system seems to divide the work between the physical RAM and the virtual memory, so I have 2GB of data in the virtual memory and another 2GB in the physical memory. Is there a reason why my system should even be using the virtual memory anymore? I would think the computer would run better if it based everything off of RAM instead of virtual memory. Any thoughts on this matter or could you explain why the system is acting this way?"
Microsoft

Microsoft Begs Hardware Makers To Take Support Seriously 543

Posted by samzenpus from the cry-me-a-river dept.
Banana ricotta pancakes writes "Microsoft has confirmed that there will be a widespread public beta of Windows 7 in early 2009, while urging device manufacturers to start immediate testing with its pre-beta release to avoid the widespread hardware compatibility problems that contributed so much to the negative perception of Vista. 'There is not another WinHEC planned before Windows 7 is released,' Microsoft has warned them. Better hope that testing goes well."

Comment 10-15GB (Score 1) 656

by Jepler (#24829911) Attached to: Typical Home Bandwidth Usage?

Two human users (web+email+etc), three websites (around 115k hits/month total), and cvs server for an open source project (a few dozen "cvs up" a day).

If I want to download porn until it chafes, I can easily get to just under my ISP's monthly cap of 30GB/month, after which it's 0.50USD/GB.

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