If you've been following Virtual Memory based OSes over the years the one thing they are supposed to do is to first grab every byte and then dole it out to applications. The idea of free RAM in VM OSes is incorrect and usually comes from those that ran DOS way back then. There are also some companies sponging off the uninformed by selling FREERAM programs.
Even Linux, MACOSX and such all claim all the RAM.
Now with that out of the way, what's the next question?
Bob
Fellows,
Is it true that Windows Vista Home Ultimate will "eat" most of the 2 GB of RAM in my laptop???
I'm talking about the HP DV9580US.
I play some heavy games and programs in the computer and usually multitask, that's why I choosed this laptop with 2GB, but now I read that this damned OS will take most of the RAM for its own.
Thank you

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