system resources??vista

can someone explain to me wot people mean when they say vista uses alot of system resources.

does that mean that a certain percentage of ur cpu is being used more then it should be,all the time.

and will te service pack fix this,if fixible

if this is a stupid question then forgive me lol

 

It is a very good question! What do they mean? Well they mean 2 things mabe 3 if they want to talk HDD but let us forget about that to start. Vista uses more RAM but it does it with the idea it is going to help you, it is faster to go to RAM than HDD, if you have the RAM! Because Vista is Micro-Managing your system, yes it draws more on your CPU, but once again part of MS plan. Does it work? That is a matter of opinion. If you have the correct amount RAM you would think it would. If you are short buy the extendid plan on your HDD! And yes uses more system resources no service pack is going to fix!

 

It means that it takes up an obscene amont of HDD and RAM to run (Two or three times as much as XP!). That's what it means. And yeah, no service pack is going to change that.

 

Messes up CPU also? Yes?

 

Vista will use every system resources it thinks it might need to run more efficiently whether it'll use memory (RAM), CPU or hard disk, and the new Readyboost feature. The concept is if you have enough RAM why waste it by not utilizing it. An idle RAM is a waste of resource. And this why Vista will run better with more memory. Readyboost, if your card qualifies, is used as RAM extension. It will use that instead of writing to the Hard Disk for faster access. The concept is sound and making it work is even better. And that's why it's said that Vista is a resource hog but if it makes your computer run better, not necessarily faster, then it's an improvement. Essentially it's what Vista is doing in the background that's improved with some eye candy icons and games thrown in. Now, if developers can get their act together and make those x64bit programs and drivers available, Vista will mature. Unfortunately, they claim it's unnecessary and only a minority of people would benefit so it's a waste of their time. They do custom programming for governments, education, businesses and specialized individuals but the off the street Joe gets stuck with the x86 32bit programs. I've heard the gaming sector is at least trying to develop gaming software to take advantage of Direct 10 protocol. It'll take at least a year to see these said games.