clkanski Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 Is there anything useful you can do with the "extra" 1GB or RAM if you install 4GB and use 32 bit Windows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted April 2, 2008 Report Share Posted April 2, 2008 I don't understand 'extra' 1GB. Windows can use all 4GB out of the box.32-bit systems support a total of 4gb of RAM. Windows takes this and splits it in half, using 2gb for apps, and 2gb for the kernel. If you add the /3g switch the boot.ini, then it uses 1gb for the kernel, and 3gb for apps.Here's a list of how much RAM the various Windows versions and editions support (as of Nov 2004):Windows NT 4.0: 4 GBWindows 2000 Professional: 4 GBWindows 2000 Standard Server: 4 GBWindows 2000 Advanced Server: 8GBWindows 2000 Datacenter Server: 32GBWindows XP Professional: 4 GBWindows Server 2003 Web Edition: 2 GBWindows Server 2003 Standard Edition: 4 GBWindows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition: 32 GBWindows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition: 64 GB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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