LookOUT 2007

[Rob Poe]

>I don't object to Microsoft taking advantage of the power of newer 
>machines, but I do find it rather annoying in the case of Vista that the 
>*requirements* for the OS are so high.  I've seen nothing in Vista that 
>justifies using so much machine for just the OS.  I do need to run a 
>Vista box so that I can be familiar with the thing when my clients call 
>with questions about it.

The reason I hate Vista is .. on a Vista Business install .. running NOTHING but what the OS put in place takes 350+ mb of ram.  This XP machine im on is running

XPsp2
Google Chat
Groupwise + Notify
Groupwise Messenger
Daemon Tools
iPrint
VNC Server
Novell Client 32..

and it's humpin along at about 227mb..