Re: Use 3GB or 4GB RAM in 32 bit OS?

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc The Kat <news1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:17:33 -0400, Daniel G.
> <Quadzila@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>>Hi all,
>>I own a Dell dimension 8400 with 1 GB of RAM running windows XP SP 2
>>and also just bought a Gateway ML6720 laptop with 1 GB of RAM running
>>Windows Vista home premium.  I believe the Dell machine as for memory
>>slots in the Gateway 82 memory slots.  I'd like to bring both these
>>machines up to 4 GB of RAM but read this isn't possible in a machine
>>running a 32-bit OS,

> IF your MB sup****ts 4 gigs, you CAN have that much,
> but Windows 32 bit won't use all 4 gigs, only about 3 gigs.

It is not that bad. You get around 3.7GB of 4GB with 32 bit 
Windows XP (or Linux, or any other 32 bit OS). The missing
space is 1MB for the legacy space and 256MB for the 
PCI graphics I/O window, and so you loose about 25% of the
last GB.

Arno