Face off Part Two: Windows vs Linux Real World RAM and Disk Tests

"Secondly, however, it was stated the applications should have been equal also: that is, Firefox vs Firefox, OpenOffice vs OpenOffice. I believe I was upfront in the piece I was comparing the typically established default programs for that platform but the complaint definitely raises an interesting question. Was it truly Vista that was holding on to memory – by clever design to improve performance – or was it Internet Explorer carelessly leaking memory like a sieve?"

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