Vista vs. Linux - Which is REALLY better?

I'm sick of this "just get more ram!" bullshit. My 286 did almost as much functionality-wise as my current multi-ghz machine. Yeah, really. Sure, there was no multi-tasking, but I did the mostly the same things as I do today.
Hello, fuckers, just because you can eat ram doesn't mean you should. It costs money and also reduces the number of programs you can run.
I can see it now: in another ten years programs will have minimum footprint of 1GB, but they'll just do more of the same.

>>42 >>49
GTFO copyfag

>>66
QFT

>>69
You accuse Anon of being a dick. This is 4chan. Your failure is total.

>>1
Which linux? (seriously, even a complete linux n00b like me knows there can be big differences between distros)

(n00bish complaint, why does bash have to barf on carridge returns)