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Windows 7 factoid: Improved Resource Monitor

One of the coolest new features in Windows Vista is the Performance Monitor. In a similar vein, one of the coolest new features in Windows 7 is the revamped Resource Monitor. Here’s what it looks like:

Note the gray part of the bar. That’s how much RAM you lose by using a 32-bit version of Windows with 4 GB of RAM. Yes, really. (With x64, it’s a tiny sliver.)

Published Oct 31 2008, 02:51 PM by pthurrott

Filed under: Windows 7

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	lehenbauer said: Oh boy! One of the coolest new features in Windows 7 is a revamped Resource Monitor? I can't wait! October 31, 2008 1:02 PM
	mikegalos@msn.com said: Very cool. I wonder how much of it came out of the tools Microsoft got when they acquired the SysInternals/Winternals people. October 31, 2008 1:14 PM
	johnbaxter said: Paul had already sold me on 64-bit for my to-be-bought-sometime personal use Vista machine. The grey part of the bar makes the choice even easier. October 31, 2008 1:25 PM
	daveinla said: 1 GB lost !!!!!!!!! Yikes ! October 31, 2008 2:21 PM
	fenra said: What are the checkboxes for? October 31, 2008 2:40 PM
	daveinla said: I suppose it's for "End Process" but I don't see the button here ! October 31, 2008 4:26 PM
	robertsjoe said: I like the use of the colours on the bad.. um.. they got that from OS X and Apple apps, right? October 31, 2008 6:02 PM
	bettieblu said: Looks a lot like activity monitor in OS X. It is nice looking though. October 31, 2008 6:03 PM
	oldfogey said: Ok. last time I'll post it. I swear. en.wikipedia.org/.../Factoid A factoid is a spurious — unverified, incorrect, or fabricated — statement formed and asserted as a fact, but with no veracity. November 1, 2008 10:02 AM
	mikegalos@msn.com said: oldfogey From the same article: ------------------- The word factoid is now sometimes also used to mean a small piece of true but valueless or insignificant information, in contrast to the original definition. This has been popularized by the CNN Headline News TV channel, which, during the 1980s and 1990s, used to frequently include such a fact under the heading "factoid" during newscasts. In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio 2 presenter Steve Wright uses factoids extensively on his show ------------------- (I'll let you copy that to the other places you posted it. November 1, 2008 10:15 AM
	Waethorn said: "en.wikipedia.org/.../Factoid" Looking up "factoid" on Wikipedia is cyclic. Ok. last time I'll post it. I swear. November 1, 2008 10:29 AM
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