512 MB of Wii U's RAM "reserved for the OS. What's the total?

[mantlepiecek]

SaviorX said:

mantlepiecek said:

512 MB RAM for an OS is too much. I don't believe this.

How much memory is usually used?

Win XP required 128 MB.

Win Vista required 512 MB - 1 GB

Win 7 requires something like 1 GB - 2 GB

 

For a gaming console OS, 512 MB is too much unless they are planning some serious multitasking. Like watching videos while playing games as well as voice chat and internet browser and stuff. And like other people stated, it gets optimised with time.

EDIT : Or it's possible that they are future-proofing wiiu. So that they could add features later on.