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Have you ever been annoyed with that fact that :new opens a buffer above the current? If yes, then try :below new. You can also have all splits open below the current window by seeting the splitbelow option (e.g. place in your .vimrc):

set splitbelow

And the process is similar if you want vertically-split windows to open to the right:

set splitright
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