Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 28th Feb 2007 19:29 UTC
Jeff Atwood explains why Vista uses so much memory. "You have to stop thinking of system memory as a resource and start thinking of it as a a cache. Just like the level 1 and level 2 cache on your CPU, system memory is yet another type of high-speed cache that sits between your computer and the disk drive. And the most important rule of cache design is that empty cache memory is wasted cache memory. Empty cache isn't doing you any good. It's expensive, high-speed memory sucking down power for zero benefit. The primary mission in the life of every cache is to populate itself as quickly as possible with the data that's most likely to be needed - and to consistently deliver a high 'hit rate' of needed data retrieved from the cache."
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RE: Why Does Vista Use All My Memory?
by cyclops on Wed 28th Feb 2007 20:42
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RE[2]: Why Does Vista Use All My Memory?
by Almafeta on Wed 28th Feb 2007 21:05
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I don't think its deliberately misleading but does not answer the question "why Vista uses so much memory?"
"Vista is trying its darndest to pre-emptively populate every byte of system memory with what it thinks I might need next."
That's about as clear an answer as you can ask for.
RE[2]: Why Does Vista Use All My Memory?
by ebasconp on Wed 28th Feb 2007 22:24
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Bacause Vista is a bloated OS. Period.