>But I want to comment on your "people who are crazy enough...".
>My guess is that such people will NEVER use such a thing - they have all those open windows because they don't understand the impact and are just 'trying to get at the next thing they need to complete the current job'.
>
>2 days ago a friend was complaining that his system had slowed to a crawl. He had open:
>- 9 IE windows
>- 6 Outlook windows
>- 5 Word windows
>- several other 1-of windows
>...on his 512MB motebook.
>I can't see him ever implementing a product like you describe, and if he did it would really only hide the problem even deeper.

As you may have guessed, I am in the group of people crazy enough to keep several windows open. And yes, sometimes the computer slows to a crawl, but that is frequently not the sheer number of windows, but the fact that I use, say, two or three programs that consume a lot of resources.

Even with "only", say, something between 7-12 open windows, it becomes quite useful, IMNSHO, to keep the windows organized.

If the computer does get too slow, why, of course I know that the prime suspect is open programs, so I can start closing some down.

I think it also helps to use MDI programs, like Opera instead of IE. One thing I really dislike about newer versions of Word is that each document is opened in a separate main window. This is a matter of personal taste; I figure MS decided that MDI was confusing for many beginners.