Thread: Memory upgrade
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Old 01-18-2008, 05:34 PM   #3
mbpark
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The reason why...

The reason why is because Windows and other 32-bit operating systems allocate a chunk of addressable memory space between 3 and 4 GB for system management.

This affects all 32-bit OS'es with 4 GB of RAM or more.

64-bit Operating Systems do not have this issue.

Thanks,

Mitch
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