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Captain_Tom on 23 December 2013
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zarx said:
ganoncrotch said:

you kinda walk into this one, but it's quite possible to compare consoles to PC's like this simply because consoles do not have the massive trailer full of junk that is windows to be carried along behind them (except maybe the dreamcast and the original xbox since they both had modified versions of windows running under the hood)


I know which is why I had this comeback ready

But if I was moving a house I would rather have the giant trailer hanging off the back to carry it than a motorbike.

Also the OG Xbox didn't have a version of windows that plan was scrapped. The Xbox One on the other hand does have a version of windows running on there and from the sound of things is actualy more of a dead weight to games thanks to kinnect and the snapping stuff. Windows doesn't do anything close to reserving 10% of the GPU and two whole CPU cores, let alone the 3GB of RAM... Both the PS4 and XBOne have actually moved a lot closer to windows in terms of OS overhead.

 

I for the life of me cannot figure out what they would need 3GB for.  I assume they will give back at least a full GB eventually, but still...