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Windows Vista may need double the RAM that Microsoft recommends

Microsoft may recommend 1GB of memory for Windows Vista, but the CEO of Dell Computer is the first high-profile PC executive to say that's probably not enough.

Dell chief Kevin Rollins was speaking at Jiaotong University in Shanghai when the issue of Vista system requirements came up. "I think they tell you maybe one gig of memory is OK. No. Two gigs of memory would be great," he told the crowd. The story was first reported stateside in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Microsoft's hometown newspaper.

Granted, Rollins does have a vested interest in selling more hardware, as Gartner analyst Michael Silver points out. However, he also adds, "You'll never be sorry you bought more RAM."
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