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OEMs also shipped Vista on laptops with as little as 256MB of RAM, where the silly thing was immediately deep into swap space (on a slow 4200 or 5400 rpm 2.5" s
by walrus01 5y ago
OEMs also shipped Vista on laptops with as little as 256MB of RAM, where the silly thing was immediately deep into swap space (on a slow 4200 or 5400 rpm 2.5" spinning hard drive) immediately after booting. It was the most excruciating experience.
- mustacheemperor 5y agoAnd on the other hand 4GB or more of ram would require Vista 64bit, which today remains the most crash-prone and unstable leaky bucket of an operating system I’ve ever been subjected to, at least in the first year of release.
- anthk 5y agoNo it doesn't. Both Windows and Linux have PAE.
- mustacheemperor 5y agoAha, thanks for the correction! This was based on some distant, traumatic memories with an HP Touchsmart prebuilt.