Well, your experience does not generalize for everybody though ... most people do not use old programs that don't work in 64-bit installations of Windows 7.
On a 32-bit Windows OS installation, having more than 4GB is, of course, wasted memory. Since it would never be accessed regardless of need. For me, the only issues I encountered was finding some drivers for some 10 to 15 year old hardware (like a slide scanner), and in most cases, I have alternatives now. And, today, most new systems (like laptops) provide or have 64-bit versions available ... and the _standard_ memory available is sometimes 8GB (for powerful laptops, for example) and Windows 64-bit is standard on them as a consequence. Z -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Compatibility of old(ish) Software with Windows 7 That's a false generalization. The 4MB in my several Windows systems is twice as much as I have ever needed. On the Mac I'm testing large-footprint server software in multiple VMs, so 8GB is cramped, but if I could swap my Mac for had two real PCs running 32-bit Linux with 4GB each I'd have better performance with fewer compatibility problems at a lower price. On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Matt Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > So adding RAM to your system would make your system(s) more > usable...thx for clarifying. > > > -Matt > > Matt R. Sullivan > co-author Publishing Fundamentals: Unstructured FrameMaker 11 > P: 714.798.7596 | C: 714.585.2335 | [email protected] > > @mattrsullivan linkedIn facebook mattrsullivan.com > > > > > On Feb 19, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you're using only half the RAM you have, as is the case for my 4GB > Windows systems, adding more won't speed things up. > > If you load more software than will fit in the amount of RAM you have, > your system will slow down so much it might as well have crashed. That > happened to me at work the other day: I have two VMs running > enterprise software, they take up 3GB each, and my Mac has only 8GB. > If I start a third VM by mistake, the system becomes totally > unresponsive. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/syed.hosain%40aeris.net Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
