How much Memory can Vista 32 bit support?

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> "Syaoran Clow" wrote in message news:200912315016xnicorobin@gmail.com...
>> Hey guys,
>> You know what's weird?
>> My friend is running a 32bit windows XP Pro
>> and he is seeing 5gb of ram when he goes into task manager.
>> In reality he has 6gb of ram installed, but seems like windows reserved
>> 1 gb for something else. Anyway he can see 5 not 3.... isn't that weird?
>> So I am basically wondering why this is possible!!!
>> Thanks ~

[Gordon]

"Syaoran Clow" wrote in message news:200912315016xnicorobin@gmail.com...
> Hey guys,
> You know what's weird?
> My friend is running a 32bit windows XP Pro
> and he is seeing 5gb of ram when he goes into task manager.
> In reality he has 6gb of ram installed, but seems like windows reserved 1
> gb for something else. Anyway he can see 5 not 3.... isn't that weird?
> So I am basically wondering why this is possible!!!
> Thanks ~

32 Bit Windows can only USE about 3.3 GB RAM. Why has your friend put more
than 4 GB in?
Waste of money.

[Alias]

Gordon wrote:
>
>
> "Syaoran Clow" wrote in message news:200912315016xnicorobin@gmail.com...
>> Hey guys,
>> You know what's weird?
>> My friend is running a 32bit windows XP Pro
>> and he is seeing 5gb of ram when he goes into task manager.
>> In reality he has 6gb of ram installed, but seems like windows
>> reserved 1 gb for something else. Anyway he can see 5 not 3.... isn't
>> that weird?
>> So I am basically wondering why this is possible!!!
>> Thanks ~
>
> 32 Bit Windows can only USE about 3.3 GB RAM. Why has your friend put
> more than 4 GB in?
> Waste of money.

I have XP 32 bit with 4 GBs installed and the system shows 3.5.

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[Gordon]

"Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:hhi1tb$5b4$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Gordon wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Syaoran Clow" wrote in message news:200912315016xnicorobin@gmail.com...
>>> Hey guys,
>>> You know what's weird?
>>> My friend is running a 32bit windows XP Pro
>>> and he is seeing 5gb of ram when he goes into task manager.
>>> In reality he has 6gb of ram installed, but seems like windows reserved
>>> 1 gb for something else. Anyway he can see 5 not 3.... isn't that weird?
>>> So I am basically wondering why this is possible!!!
>>> Thanks ~
>>
>> 32 Bit Windows can only USE about 3.3 GB RAM. Why has your friend put
>> more than 4 GB in?
>> Waste of money.
>
> I have XP 32 bit with 4 GBs installed and the system shows 3.5.
>

<Pedant>! It all depends on the hardware. The point is, putting more than
4GB in a system running a 32 bit version of Windows (unless it's a server
OS) is totally pointless and a complete waste of money...

[Alias]

Gordon wrote:
>
>
> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:hhi1tb$5b4$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>> Gordon wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "Syaoran Clow" wrote in message news:200912315016xnicorobin@gmail.com...
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>> You know what's weird?
>>>> My friend is running a 32bit windows XP Pro
>>>> and he is seeing 5gb of ram when he goes into task manager.
>>>> In reality he has 6gb of ram installed, but seems like windows
>>>> reserved 1 gb for something else. Anyway he can see 5 not 3....
>>>> isn't that weird?
>>>> So I am basically wondering why this is possible!!!
>>>> Thanks ~
>>>
>>> 32 Bit Windows can only USE about 3.3 GB RAM. Why has your friend put
>>> more than 4 GB in?
>>> Waste of money.
>>
>> I have XP 32 bit with 4 GBs installed and the system shows 3.5.
>>
>
> <Pedant>! It all depends on the hardware.

Yep, I have a nVidia PCI-E card with 512 MB dedicated memory.

> The point is, putting more
> than 4GB in a system running a 32 bit version of Windows (unless it's a
> server OS) is totally pointless and a complete waste of money...

Yep, I fully agree. The question posed, however, was why does it show 5GB.

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[Gordon]

"Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Troll alert
>

WHERE? What's the point of posting what you did?

[Bill Yanaire, ESQ]

"Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter Foldes" <okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OP8HvmiiKHA.1536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Troll alert
>>
>
> WHERE? What's the point of posting what you did?

Err - He, err, <sigh> was talking about you. Umm Err.

[Bill Yanaire, ESQ]

"Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:hhi7iq$ggg$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Gordon wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" <Alias@nospam.com.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:hhi1tb$5b4$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> Gordon wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Syaoran Clow" wrote in message
>>>> news:200912315016xnicorobin@gmail.com...
>>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>> You know what's weird?
>>>>> My friend is running a 32bit windows XP Pro
>>>>> and he is seeing 5gb of ram when he goes into task manager.
>>>>> In reality he has 6gb of ram installed, but seems like windows
>>>>> reserved 1 gb for something else. Anyway he can see 5 not 3.... isn't
>>>>> that weird?
>>>>> So I am basically wondering why this is possible!!!
>>>>> Thanks ~
>>>>
>>>> 32 Bit Windows can only USE about 3.3 GB RAM. Why has your friend put
>>>> more than 4 GB in?
>>>> Waste of money.
>>>
>>> I have XP 32 bit with 4 GBs installed and the system shows 3.5.
>>>
>>
>> <Pedant>! It all depends on the hardware.
>
> Yep, I have a nVidia PCI-E card with 512 MB dedicated memory.
>
>> The point is, putting more than 4GB in a system running a 32 bit version
>> of Windows (unless it's a server OS) is totally pointless and a complete
>> waste of money...
>
> Yep, I fully agree. The question posed, however, was why does it show 5GB.
>
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Don't worry about Gordon, he is a bit S.L.O.W.

[kevpan815]

Peter Foldes wrote: > Gordon > > The poster is trolling. The person in
question is also replying as Err and has many > namesakes > > -- >
Peter > > Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others >
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> > "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:ej
%23ihoiiKHA.5248@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > > > > "Peter Foldes"
<okf22@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:OP8HvmiiKHA.
1536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > >> Troll alert > >> > > > > WHERE?
What's the point of posting what you did?