XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: jedi@nomad.mishnet   
      
   On 2011-01-23, James Boswell  wrote:   
   >>So, Windows falls on its face under this sort of load, does it?  Linux   
   >>barely even works up a sweat.   
   >>And Windows crapware sucks up 8GB just for the _required_ apps, eh?   
   >>Pretty sad.   
   >   
   > I'm sorry but I have to interject here, you're responding to hyperbole,   
   > Windows certainly has its faults, but Windows 7 is perfectly capable of   
   > operating in 4GB of ram, I don't for a second believe anyone anywhere found   
      
      One would certainly hope so.   
      
      Such machines are not even the baseline for new hardware even now.   
      
   [deletia]   
      
      If you're even bragging about how well Windows 7 does with 4G then you've   
   kind of missed the point entirely and you're re-inforcing the point made by   
   the OP.   
      
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