Martin K wrote:

> On Sat, November 18, 2006 9:02 pm, Peter Bindels wrote:
>> It's weird that people assume that the newer OS just plain needs more
>> hardware or faster hardware to do the exact same thing. Why is this? --

> Well, because it's true.
> code bloat, feature creep, 10 more layers of abstraction...

And because it's documented: 

Win2k System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default.asp

WinXP Pro System Requirements
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx

WinVista Hardware Planning Guidance
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/evaluate/hardware/vistarpc.mspx

Gerhard

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