FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Windows Vista Performance Kludges (that Haiku does not need)

["Ryan Leavengood" <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is slightly off-topic, but I think it is interesting enough to 
warrant posting here.

I was browsing OSNews.com and someone mentioned some new feature of 
Windows Vista called SuperFetch, so I Googled it. The top result 
described it and other Vista "performance enhancements":

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/foreveryone/performance.mspx

As I read this page I couldn't help but start laughing because all 
these features are essentially kludges to compensate for the overall 
inefficiency of Windows.

The Sleep feature compensates for ridiculous boot times.

The SuperFetch feature compensates for bad memory usage and for all the 
stupid memory eating background apps that Windows needs to keep 
functioning (virus scanning, defragmenting, etc.)

The ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive features compensate for ridiculous memory 
usage and general inefficiency.

In my opinion BeOS R5 and certainly Haiku just don't need features of 
this nature (though sleep might be handy.) This is one of many reasons 
why I do what I can developing Haiku and why I intend to make it my 
future primary OS.

Regards,
Ryan