Guys. Don't want to hijack this thread with another "Linux is better" post but it got me curious as to whether Vista really is a memory pig so I did a test. Please don't take this as a Linux vs MS post.. Just plain curiosity.
BTW: The MCE machine I built recently with Conroe e6600 has 2GB of DD2 667 in it. I really thought 2 would be enough if I ever decide to go to Vista, given 98 was 512, XP was 1gb. Logical progression suggested 2GB for Vista...
Anyhow.. Onto the test.
I started every app I use regularly:
A terminal (similar to a dos window)
konqueror (same as windows explorer)
firefox (browser)
amarok (mp3 player)
Azureus (torrent downloads)
kopete (IM client for ICQ MSN etc)
Open Office (similar to MS Office)
Digikam (Photo album software complete with 470 thumbs loaded in current folder)
Kontact (E-mail/contacts/address book, similar to Outlook)
Kino (DV NLE Editor)
The Gimp (Gfx program similar to Photoshop)
DVD Decrypter (actual windows program running via wine)
Ifoedit (actual Windows program)
DVDShrink (The Windows program)
K3B (CD/DVD Burning App)
Acronis TrueImage (Linux native)
Including system monitors and 1920x1200 3D desktop total memory usage was 754MB of the 1GB in the machine.
Pics below:
All apps running:
Attachment 1706
Blow up of system monitor from bottom right of screen:
Attachment 1707
I'd be interested to see similar results from an XP machine but I think you can draw your own conclusions from the above.
Cheers,
Arkay.