Fred's correct, but I did notice that things changed slightly with W7. W7 32 seems to be able to address about 3.6 or so of RAM -- I'd have to check to get an exact figure, but it was a nicely larger chunk on my 4G system.
Art Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Jim Pinkham wrote: > > > Orly, on the notebook point, please clarify. Did IT tell you the one > > that you have cannot be upgraded beyond 2 GB? That may well be accurate. > > However, there are notebooks currently in stores that have 6 GB of RAM. > > > But it should also be noted that only 3GB of memory can be accessed > directly if you are running a 32-bit version of Windows. It is pointless to > have more than 3GB of RAM (even if your system can physically and > electrically accommodate it) unless you are running a 64-bit Windows > version. But going from 2GB to 3GB can make a significant difference in > performance. > > -FR > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >