Let me start with a disclaimer - I am not a hardware person!
I am using Oracle VirtualBox (v 4.2.6 r82870) as a testbed for Wheezy Testing before upgrading my production linux computer. The software is installed on my 64 bit Dell Inspiron laptop with 8 GB of RAM running MS Win 7 Professional as the primary OS. With a couple of exceptions that I attribute to a less than complete understanding of the VirtualBox environment, Wheezy is performing well. It was with a fair amount of surprise that I discovered, entirely by chance, that according to KInfoCenter that the system is using only 4.47 GB of total physical memory!!! Googling 'Debian Wheezy 64 bit memory limitation' only turn up references to Squeezy and the Debian Handbook doesn't seem to address the issue. I would greatly appreciate being pointed to any sources of information about this issue. Thanks in advance.
