MS Messenger vs Live Messenger

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I've been asked to install the new Messenger by a user, however, I'm
concerned with the performance impact to our system. IS the Live Messenger
better or worst than MS Messenger on using system resources?

I'm reluctant to install.

Thanks
 
Hi,

You asked how much system resources Windows Live Messenger uses.

Mine (8.1.0178.00) currently uses 46 kB of RAM, and 36 kB of swap. It has
logged less than three minutes CPU time since logon. As a comparison, the
grid application I use to hog CPU at idle priority has logged 128 hours.

I hope this is of some use as a ballpark figure.

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Greetings,

Live Messenger is more demanding than Windows Messenger ever was. However, unless you're a
really heavy Messenger user (tons of conversation windows, etc.) it shouldn't really be that
noticeable to overall performance on a standard modern PC made this decade.

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Jonathan Kay
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