Rocky said:
I just checked my RAM usage and it is 1.7 gb at complete idle. For me this is significantly less than Linux, so I am pleased.

OK, on that earlier post I was actually using 1.7 gb of RAM at complete idle. Today I went into task manager and disabled a bunch of start up processes and restarted the computer and now I am using .64 gb at idle. I recommend to the OP to go into task manager and disable some of the start up processes.