Hi Karen, 32 bits is only enough to address 4GB (=2^32 bytes) of memory. Windows and the operating environment requires some memory, in your case 1.09 GB apparently.
Regards, Stephen Markson The Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada 416.979.2431 x251 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Goldberg Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 12:04 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT - Question on memory 32 bit version of windows 7 can only use 3-4 gb of memory no matter how much you put in the pc. 64 bit version of windows 7 can use up to 192 gb of memory Dan From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2012 9:00 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [RBASE-L] - OT - Question on memory Oh, one other thing when I was checking the Windows 7 workstations. They all have the Intel i3 processor. And under Installed Memory it says: 8.0 GB (2.91 useable). What? Why is only 3MB useable out of 8 GB? Karen
