On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:31:52PM +0400, sean Griffiths wrote: > > Hello and Good Day, > > Please can you tell me if Debian squeeze 64 bit accepts more than 4GB ram, ie > 8GB? I have a Dell Latitude D6200 and am in the process of upgrading to a > D6300 which will accept 8GB maximum RAM and Dell actually sell these 8gb > Memory modules (2x4gb), even though in the beginning they stated it's max was > 4GB. And so knowing that the machine itself has no problems accepting it, I > just need to make sure that Debian 6.0.7 64 bit will accept it, because these > RAM modules are not on the cheap side! - about 150 uk pounds for the pair.
Squeeze has no problem with lots of RAM. If you want a laptop with lots of RAM, though, it may be cheaper for you in the long run to buy a new machine that can accept DDR3 RAM, which is currently quite cheap. 8GB DDR3 laptop memory sticks start at 40 pounds. > The other thing, just out of curiosity really, is to do with NVIDIA chipsets. > Apparently the D6300 with the NVIDIA chipsets don't last long. And I think > that maybe it is the pressure of using Windows, especially 7 or 8, on the > chip that is the problem. So, am I right in thinking that, even using compiz, > Debian is still going to be lighter on the graphics chip, than of Windows? If there's a heat-related flaw in the GPU, Linux versus Windows is unlikely to help. Avoid machines with known problems. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130729171616.gv31...@randomstring.org
