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John John
Carl Kaufmann wrote:
> mjs wrote:
>
>> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
>> news:9261i3h8kudvvuajj842qdg308ng2i4k2f@4ax.com...
>>
>>> It will not be able to use all 4GB of your RAM. See
>>> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html
>>
>>
>> But will it be able to use more than 2GB?
>>
>> Seems everyone here is comparing apples with oranges. On one side,
>> people are saying I WILL be able to use more than 2GB of ram. On the
>> other, they're saying I WON'T be able to use all 4GB.
>
>
> 32-bit Windows will be able to use (4 GiB - whatever is needed for
> hardware addressing). An individual application gets to use up to 2
> GiB. There are exceptions to this, but I'm not fully versed on the
> details and hence will keep my mouth shut.
You are confusing Virtual Address Space with RAM, the two are not the
same at all.
John
> mjs wrote:
>
>> "Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
>> news:9261i3h8kudvvuajj842qdg308ng2i4k2f@4ax.com...
>>
>>> It will not be able to use all 4GB of your RAM. See
>>> http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html
>>
>>
>> But will it be able to use more than 2GB?
>>
>> Seems everyone here is comparing apples with oranges. On one side,
>> people are saying I WILL be able to use more than 2GB of ram. On the
>> other, they're saying I WON'T be able to use all 4GB.
>
>
> 32-bit Windows will be able to use (4 GiB - whatever is needed for
> hardware addressing). An individual application gets to use up to 2
> GiB. There are exceptions to this, but I'm not fully versed on the
> details and hence will keep my mouth shut.
You are confusing Virtual Address Space with RAM, the two are not the
same at all.
John