A Vista on storage

07.02.2007
What should you expect to happen to your personal storage gear if you move to Vista?

I wasn't anticipating much of change from Windows XP and haven't found anything that could be a show-stopper so far. However I ran into a few interesting things in this my first and unsupervised (not too mention unbiased by any previous training) encounter with Vista.

I installed Vista Ultimate on a new SATA drive just added to my SFF HP Compaq D530, a machine chosen for no other reason than it was the only one I could safely spare without borrowing or stealing.

Not much to tell about the install, but despite 1 additional GB of RAM, which brings the total to 1.5 GB, Vista is still poo-pooing that machine with a WEI (Windows Experience Index) rating of 1.0, the lowest you can get.

Anyway, Vista is still responsive and doesn't lag too much, actually I am posting this from the Vista PC.

I digress. Back to storage, a "simple" installation of the OS set my 60GB hard-drive back 9.5 GB. After adding FlashGet, FireFox and a few extensions I am getting close to 14GB, and haven't even touched Office.