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maybe you don't think 12 MB of memory is much, but its alot to my standards. after a fresh boot my system takes about 100 MB space in ram, so closing down explorer frees up 12% of recources.

media portal takes about 58 MB, wich is alot, but by closing explorer.exe you free up 12 mb, thus making media portal only a 46MB load on your ram.
when tweaking for ultimate performance, every little bit helps.

If you have 1 Gb of ram this does not matter much, i admit.

and on a second note, if media portal starts as a shel it is much more fun to use. you push on your media pc, and media portal boots directly, no more start menu, no more desktop and extras. just pure media portal.8)

you could also make use of windows buttons. or you could use an external explorer window over media portal withouth that ugly task bar apearing again.

this adds to the feeling of having a cool media device, making you forget windows is even installed on it, and it improves ease of use for your grandparents or someone who doesn't know much about computers. :roll:

it should look, feel, taste and act like a media portal, not like winblows xp.

Dimitri

<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 6723">maybe you don't think 12 MB of memory is much, but its alot to my standards. after a fresh boot my system takes about 100 MB space in ram, so closing down explorer frees up 12% of recources.media portal takes about 58 MB, wich is alot, but by closing explorer.exe you free up 12 mb, thus making media portal only a 46MB load on your ram.when tweaking for ultimate performance, every little bit helps.If you have 1 Gb of ram this does not matter much, i admit.and on a second note, if media portal starts as a shel it is much more fun to use. you push on your media pc, and media portal boots directly, no more start menu, no more desktop and extras. just pure media portal.8)you could also make use of windows buttons. or you could use an external explorer window over media portal withouth that ugly task bar apearing again.this adds to the feeling of having a cool media device, making you forget windows is even installed on it, and it improves ease of use for your grandparents or someone who doesn't know much about computers. :roll:it should look, feel, taste and act like a media portal, not like winblows xp.Dimitri</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 6723"] maybe you don't think 12 MB of memory is much, but its alot to my standards. after a fresh boot my system takes about 100 MB space in ram, so closing down explorer frees up 12% of recources. media portal takes about 58 MB, wich is alot, but by closing explorer.exe you free up 12 mb, thus making media portal only a 46MB load on your ram. when tweaking for ultimate performance, every little bit helps. If you have 1 Gb of ram this does not matter much, i admit. and on a second note, if media portal starts as a shel it is much more fun to use. you push on your media pc, and media portal boots directly, no more start menu, no more desktop and extras. just pure media portal.8) you could also make use of windows buttons. or you could use an external explorer window over media portal withouth that ugly task bar apearing again. this adds to the feeling of having a cool media device, making you forget windows is even installed on it, and it improves ease of use for your grandparents or someone who doesn't know much about computers. :roll: it should look, feel, taste and act like a media portal, not like winblows xp. Dimitri [/QUOTE]