Just Say No to SuperFetch!
 

If you're using Windows Vista, then you've probably noticed the new memory requirements. In Windows XP you could get away with 1GB of memory, with 2GB making it run much smoother. To get the same smooth experience from Vista, you really need to double the memory, due in part to some of the new services that Vista is running.

One of these new services is SuperFetch, which analyzes your program usage and pre-caches these programs to make them load faster. For most users (especially gamers) this is relatively useless, and just serves to waste more of the precious memory you've loaded up your PC with. This memory is even more critical in the 32-bit flavor of Vista, where most users cannot use more than 3.5GB of RAM, even if you have 4GB or more.

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What is he talking about ? I have 2Gb of memory and that is more than enough. A little test, to fill up 1,1Gb of memory I have opened:

• Multisim (elektronics simulation tool)
• Acrobat Reader
• OpenOffice.org Writer
• Opera
• The GIMP (13Mb RAW File)
• Matlab
• Mercury Messenger (written in Java, a realy memory hog)

I've never seen my amount of free RAM drop below 512Mb

Where is the idea that programs should simply be smaller and more efficent so there doesn't have to be anything preloaded?