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Subject: Re: Performance benchmarks pitting FreeBSD against Windows
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> a Windows system it's the virtual memory management, with the same
> amount of RAM Windows swaps a *lot* more.

it may be not VM subsystem but memory usage of windoze software. or both.

again - it's too different to be benchmarked