13th October 2000
Leaping to W2k wasn't too difficult; I was expecting to face more software foibles. MaxMem (one of ANALOGX.COM's killer utilities) was an indispensable for Windows 98 add-on. I figured I'd run into the same old memory leaks on this new platform. Check this out: in Windows 2000, you should keep every open app minimized when its not in use. Why? Because memory allocation minimizes, too. Watch the Task Manager if you don't believe me. 13 MB can drop to 2 MB in a click; that's a GOOD thing. What's really weird: even with all EXPLORER.EXE windows closed, less resources are used when one Explorer instance is open and minimized (to the taskbar). Keep any number of programs open without dealing with half the fat. Or NTFS, as the case may be.