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"systems when I opened Outlook 2007, Forte Agent, Adobe Acrobat (editing three or four large documents), BlogJet, Windows Live Writer, Word (working with several large documents), and IE7 with more than 30 tabs."

Who in their right mind does this? Depending on how you count it that's either 7 or 42+ simultaneous (and large) applications.

Not to mention 42+ seperate tasks. Multi-tasking much, Ed? happy Perhaps we should report you to the SPCC (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Computers).

I've *never* seen any user do that. Ever.

My busiest user might have 5 applications open simultaneously--none of them with multiple documents in any one app.

Even in mid-development mode I'm not going to have that many open at once. Don't know about you but I need to *concentrate* on what I'm doing, not split my attention 42 different ways...
Posted by: wolf_z   Posted on: 07/26/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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That's crazy  wolf_z | 07/26/07
Irrelevant  frgough | 07/26/07
1990's relic  shoktai@... | 07/26/07
nothing crazy  PhilippeV | 07/27/07
Really?  jacarter3 | 07/26/07
Absolutely right  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/26/07
Oh, is that why your books  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
easy job?  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
another NBMer talking!  Linux Geek | 07/26/07
Message has been deleted.  James T. Kirk | 07/26/07
Message has been deleted.  OButterball | 07/26/07
Does Linux have enough applications to reach such a limit?  ye | 07/26/07
The matter isn't the OS here...  Mitch 74 | 07/27/07
Yes it has  PhilippeV | 07/27/07
yep  pavka@... | 07/27/07
dual monitor?  Arm A. Geddon | 07/26/07
of coures.  rtk | 07/27/07
Multiple monitors vs; virtual desktops  PhilippeV | 07/27/07
Multiple Monitors for specific kinds of tasks  Dr_Zinj | 07/27/07
Perfest for a permanent (wired) desktop at home but  PhilippeV | 07/27/07
VD wink  bkinsey@... | 07/27/07
I was just having a little fun with linux geek. happy  Arm A. Geddon | 07/27/07
Guess you have never  Linux User 147560 | 07/26/07
Yeah., YOu tell Him LU.....you guys need to have  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
No you don't  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
Now it's my turn, cowboy  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
Oh cowboy!  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
well well.  xuniL_z | 07/28/07
Oh, about you calling me a "sissy".  xuniL_z | 07/28/07
well..  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
It's not native to Windows...  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
No, you just love  xuniL_z | 07/28/07
Did all that extremely complicated hard work occur?  Ole Man | 07/27/07
No, Ole man.  xuniL_z | 07/28/07
The adventures of Zuny  Ole Man | 07/29/07
Don't know what you feed YOUR Windows. . .  bkinsey@... | 07/27/07
That's my Linux rig  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
Got ya. . .  bkinsey@... | 07/27/07
You work for the MAN!!!!  xuniL_z | 07/30/07
excellent feature  the_fiddler_on_the_roof | 12/04/07
I do that  voska | 07/26/07
Vista would have no problem with that  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/26/07
Depends on what you do with your computer  jsheehy@... | 07/27/07
CRAZY??? REALLY???  Dr_Zinj | 07/27/07
What OS were you using?  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
Another Multi-multi tasker  bkinsey@... | 07/27/07
Has everyone forgotten  Freebird54 | 07/30/07
I use lots of different programs and windows  Nostredamus | 07/27/07
Listen to the canary  royalef | 07/28/07
Not crazy  DNSB | 07/28/07
Not so crazy....  themonk@... | 07/28/07
You have got to be freaking kidding me.  frgough | 07/26/07
Isn't this something that the  jacarter3 | 07/26/07
Re: and have never, ever seen or heard of this resource limit issue before.  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 07/26/07
One and only time I got this  mswift@... | 07/27/07
Not claiming this is a legacy problem  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/07
Sad  bmgoodman | 07/26/07
Way too true, it is REALLY sad  jacarter3 | 07/26/07
Irony is  Linux User 147560 | 07/26/07
The only people who touted Vista as a "rewrite"  PB_z | 07/26/07
The only people who touted Vista as a "rewrite"  Par-Pro | 07/27/07
Why NOT removing old code?  PhilippeV | 07/27/07
The real Irony is you have no clue  xuniL_z | 07/27/07
Yes that's why several virus's  Linux User 147560 | 07/27/07
Like I said.....  xuniL_z | 07/28/07
Like you said.........  Ole Man | 07/30/07
Are you LU's protector?  xuniL_z | 07/31/07
No, I'm not LU's protector  Ole Man | 07/31/07
Not Just NT  Whyaylooh | 07/26/07
Of course not just NT  rseiler | 07/26/07
Default settings  dran001@... | 07/27/07
Brilliant move on Microsoft's part!  OButterball | 07/26/07
What the heck are you talking about?  PB_z | 07/26/07
I think he means  HypnoToad72 | 07/26/07
Yer right, HypnoToad72, ...  OButterball | 07/26/07
Are you being funny or really this clueless?  AnthonySPT | 07/26/07
Don't try to help  crypt2121 | 07/27/07
Duct tape  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/07
I think what he is saying....  reclaim25 | 07/27/07
We have different needs  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/07
I meant 30 tabs (no post) :P  reclaim25 | 07/27/07
Seems kind of small given typical memory sizes today.  ye | 07/26/07
To much common sense  dragosani | 07/26/07
Great Story! Thanks for the Tip!  chessmen | 07/26/07
What?!  Mike Cox | 07/26/07
You tell em!  davidr555 | 07/26/07
Many thanks Ed;  yukselhak | 07/26/07
Yes, Vista is an improvement...  nizuse | 07/26/07
Ram Problems  yagijd | 07/26/07
XP 64? HACK *cough*  jasonshortphd | 07/27/07
Not just Vista...  jwknoch@... | 07/27/07
Now I know why I had problems with the Gimp  D. W. Bierbaum | 07/27/07
My vote was mostly for your writing style Ed!  ms2beu@... | 07/27/07
Use the Negative to Vista slant as yet another story to suck people in  DonBurnett | 07/27/07
Negative to Vista?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/07
Completely jumped the track!  Ole Man | 07/27/07
Remember Windows 95 ; missing features for scalability and autoadaptativity  PhilippeV | 07/27/07
Messy Desktop  ParrotHeadFL | 07/27/07
Just Can't quiet get that much RAM shoehorned into my laptop  bill.howey@... | 07/27/07
PATHETIC  ITGuy04 | 07/27/07
45 mins.? LOL  neverXmiss | 08/24/07
You call this negative?  JustMy2Cents | 07/27/07
XP Too not just Vista!  vmeck@... | 07/27/07
why isn't the default 8192?  hansonjb | 07/27/07
Intelligent defaults needed  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/27/07
An Example of Corporate Monopolization  vancegilbert@... | 07/27/07
SAVE A REGISTRY STATE BEFORE AND AFTER  BALTHOR | 07/27/07
Why is there a static limit for this in the first place?  Resuna | 07/27/07
Actually  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/28/07
I'm back in XP  3dtodd | 07/27/07
Out of memory  michelenp@... | 07/27/07
tip  jonathan_stephenson@... | 07/27/07
Genealogists use Mutiple Monitors  beepa | 07/28/07
Wait a minute...  eye4bear | 07/28/07
Multi-apps load-up  scurling | 07/28/07
Great tip!  lawryll@... | 07/28/07
Incredible ! ! !  rdelaplaza | 07/29/07
Outlook 2007 - a hog  Jim Johnson | 07/29/07
OL2007 works fine here  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/30/07
Make sure it's a multiple of 1024 K  Nemglan | 07/30/07
Do you have a source for this?  Ed Bott ZDNet Moderator | 07/30/07
Change really helped  colleyp@... | 07/30/07
Pesky Resource-In MsCONFIG?  rterrano | 07/30/07
RE: Vista Hands On  sbw07 | 11/13/08
RE: Vista Hands On  Bargeo | 11/13/08
RE: Vista Hands On #17: Solving a pesky resource problem  Webster | 07/23/09

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