You know people, if XP were such a RAM hog like you CLAIM it is, then you need some serious computer upgrades. Unless you can get me screenshots proving that its taking up TONS of RAM, then your story is a fake. I have 640MB RAM, and since I have so much, I set Windows to use alot of it for cache if it wants, that way it runs significantly faster. Currently, out of 654,816KB of RAM, I have 442,148KB of free RAM... thats like 440MB free... Its only using exactly 200MB, and that includes the cache. Therefore, all of you with XP on some 256MB system complaining that its using too much RAM, get a better PC and then try to make that claim again.
Now, Ill get started on the "resource hog" thing. Resources no longer exist how we remember them. Resources was a 64KB (i think) section of RAM that was used to track programs and open windows, each one took up some more resources, slowly depleting that 64KB. In NT based OSes, there ARE NO RESOURCES. And no matter how much RAM you have, you will NOT GET MORE RESOURCES IN 9.X BASED OSES.
If you want to try saying that "the eyecandy slows it down" go into the services, and disable and stop the themes service... This completely disables them, even if you try to use them. Then theres things you can also turn off like Wireless Zero Configuration, and BITS.
In conclusion, all people claiming that XP is horrible are complete dumbasses. Unless you get me screenshots proving that XP itself, is taking TONS of RAM, your claims will not be taken seriously by anyone. Also, people using small ammounts of RAM and claiming that XP uses it all should think about WHY its using all of it... Maybe you NEED MORE?
Well, everyone has their reasons for disliking XP. As far as resources go, we talk about them now as the amount of total mem/HD/Proc etc in the system, not the old 9x ones.
And RPC isn't stable, you'd caught Blaster, which crashes up RPCSS regularly.
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Now, Ill get started on the "resource hog" thing. Resources no longer exist how we remember them. Resources was a 64KB (i think) section of RAM that was used to track programs and open windows, each one took up some more resources, slowly depleting that 64KB. In NT based OSes, there ARE NO RESOURCES. And no matter how much RAM you have, you will NOT GET MORE RESOURCES IN 9.X BASED OSES.
If you want to try saying that "the eyecandy slows it down" go into the services, and disable and stop the themes service... This completely disables them, even if you try to use them. Then theres things you can also turn off like Wireless Zero Configuration, and BITS.
In conclusion, all people claiming that XP is horrible are complete dumbasses. Unless you get me screenshots proving that XP itself, is taking TONS of RAM, your claims will not be taken seriously by anyone. Also, people using small ammounts of RAM and claiming that XP uses it all should think about WHY its using all of it... Maybe you NEED MORE?
You people need to stop pissing and moaning. XP IS a great OS.
And RPC isn't stable, you'd caught Blaster, which crashes up RPCSS regularly.
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After the 266MHz Celeron that couldnt keep up with a 200Mhz Non-MMX, Intel put on a 128K L2.