In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:18:14 +0100
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 15 September 2006 03:00 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, flatfish+++
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>> wrote
>> on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:24:27 -0400
>> <jwlOg.352$T76.329@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:09:15 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Desktop memory usage
>>> Who cares?
>>
>> Indeed; memory is cheap. This is why everyone should go out right now
>> and buy a copy of Windows Vista Beta 2 -- or Windows XP in lieu thereof
>> -- plus sufficient RAM to make it run smoothly on their system.
>>
>> The boost to the economy will be considerable. (As will the boost in
>> bandwidth, for various reasons.)
>
> I love a good satire.
>
Oops. </sarcasm>
:-)
Of course, I do wonder how much bang for the buck -- or, more
specifically, operations per joule -- one can accomplish.
Desktop RAM, after all, is dynamic, and each cell -- a
tiny charge packet (capacitor) atop a FET gate -- means
a tiny current pulse and a tiny expenditure of energy,
but they do add up.
Seems to me XP likes to page a lot; head movements and
I/O transfers add up, too.
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Windows Vista. Because it's time to refresh your hardware. Trust us.
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