Quote: "If we wanted to save on resource power, we'd all still be using windows 95."
True. But there is a limit for how much resources that can be said being used for bringing more power, and that is just wasted on unneccessary features.
Quote: "If you take a look at ubuntu or fedora core 8, both those systems don't run well on anything less than a p4 very well, and for good reason. They're very powerful operating systems."
True, but none of them are as demaning as Vista (at last Ubuntu, cannot comment on Fedora Core 8), and I think Ubuntu is ever better, and in some ways more advanced, then Vista (PolicyKit).
Anyway, my point is that powerful OS does not need to be superdemanding. If the features is coded in a good way and the OS is just not overfilled with features no one will ever use, you can have a extremely advanced OS that do not require THAT much. Sure, it will most likely demand over 256 mb ram, propobly recommended with at last 512 mb ram, but at last not as much as 2 gb. It is always good with a OS that is optimized for multicore processors, but it should not be a demand.
Quote: "Windows 7 is going to be an awesome upgrade if they stick to what they're promising. I've heard they'll be using virtual machines to run programs independent of each other. That's a lot of power that's being given to a program."
Cool, yes, but do not forget that VMs are a bit slower
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Quote: "Imagine running Linux and windows programs side by side, that's the sort of thing that could potentially be possible, but it will take huge amounts of resources to do it well."
You can, take a look at "andLinux"
. Many KDE apps can work through it. Have not tested it, though, but it sound good. Due to Windows closed source model, the best alternative for Linux is Wine.
Anyway, for that to work Windows will need to have a internal Linux kernel that it use to run the Linux apps (it would have to run in a virtualized layer).
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