<p>I really don’t think that Vista’s RAM usage was what caused most people to dislike it because most users have no idea what RAM is. For most people, the Vista experience was just plain bad: the drivers weren’t there, the system wasn’t stable, and it was just plain slow. Granted Vista eventually did shape up to be a decent OS, Windows 7 seems to still be leaps ahead of Vista in terms of performance. It simply ‘feels’ faster. Also I love the new taskbar.</p>