Thanks for the quick lesson. But it has nothing to do with what I said. You probably missed the link Vicky gave which explains it better than I can. Tom never actually told us if previous versions of 32 bit Mac OS have been able to use more than 4gb ram, instead going off on a rant.
>That 32-bit editions of Windows Vista are limited to 4GB is not because >of any physical or technical constraint on 32-bit operating systems. >The 32-bit editions of Windows Vista all contain code for using >physical memory above 4GB. Microsoft just doesn’t license you to use >that code. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS)<mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > Do you understand binary numbers, Tony? A 32-bit binary number cannot > go beyond 4,294,967,296 (4 gigabytes, 4*1024*1024*1024), so a 32-bit > system cannot address more than 4 GB. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
