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Memory available, was Re: 4x5 Neg Scan Resolution

2002-09-20 by Tim Spragens

> > I also don't know if all versions of Windows can address that much memory.
> > I know I have 2G on a Win2k Professional computer, and it seems to "see"
> all
> > of it, so with W2kP 2G is not an issue...
> 
> Any of the NT based OS's can use 4gb. Some of ram is used by the system
> itself, leaving about 3.8gb of useable ram for the OS.

Partially true, in that an NT system, 32-bit processor, can address 
4GB, and that some of that is used for hardware maintenance, but most 
of the NT-based OSs only allow 2GB for an application. Some have boot 
switches to allow more.

Tim


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