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> Windows 7 is at 2GB minimum now. For what exactly? Multiple user logins is a big part of it. All editions of Windows 7 above Starter let an additional user
by T-hawk 15y ago
> Windows 7 is at 2GB minimum now. For what exactly?
Multiple user logins is a big part of it. All editions of Windows 7 above Starter let an additional user log in when the machine is locked without disrupting the locked session. It's an expected usage pattern that a family of 4 to 6 users will often be all logged in at the same time.
The windowing environment for each user takes on the order of 50 to 100 MB, plus figure 200 - 400 MB for the programs each user is likely to run, and you can get to 2 GB pretty quick.
- Roboprog 15y agoWould it be a crime to send the "background" login sessions to swap? (I suspect that might be what's happening when the wife and kids swap between 3 or 4 sessions on one of the Ubuntu machines at home -- but Linux isn't dumping actual running programs out to swap as fast as possible to make room for the 500 MB Word doc you might open, either)