Ahh, that would help. I typically have about six programs running, including at least a couple of big ones (browser, image editor, sometimes video editor), and my wife has a few running on her user too. At that point, no amount of cruft-trimming is going to make the machine run tolerably.

I suppose I should adjust my statement to emphasize that 1 GB on Vista is pretty much useless for my usage patterns, but that it might be usable for others.

Since I have a bit of Microsoft stock, I suppose it's good to hear that Vista is useful more useful with off-the-shelf configurations to some people than it was to me. Thanks for the information.