XP 32 vs 64 bit...

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cheburns

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"Currently, 32-bit editions of Windows are capable of supporting up to 4 gigabytes (GB) of system memory, with up to 2 GB of dedicated memory per process. Windows Professional XP Edition x64 currently supports up to 128 GB of RAM, with the potential to support up to 16 terabytes of virtual memory as hardware capabilities and memory sizes improve."
- http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/overview.mspx

128GB or ram?! Is there something I'm missing?
 
I would never suggest 64bit XP, the drivers suck and are hard to find if any..
64bit vista is totally different
 
I'm not sure what you think your missing. Yes 64-bit OS's can support 128GB of RAM, but it's not that amazing. In several years i'm sure we will be reaching that boarder anyways.
 
yea but does anyone come close to running 128GB or ram on their machine? (the only reason I have xp pro x64 is cuz I got it for free from my school)
 
cheburns said:
yea but does anyone come close to running 128GB or ram on their machine? (the only reason I have xp pro x64 is cuz I got it for free from my school)
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Not on a desktop, because current motherboards usually only support 8-16GB of RAM, with a select few that support more.
 
So why would microsoft find it necessary to create an operating system that supports that much memory if people are never going to utilize it? are they just preparing for the future... but xp is on its way out to vista kind of right? just seemed weird to me thats all... maybe not to everyone else tho lol
 
[-0MEGA-];735740 said:
Not on a desktop, because current motherboards usually only support 8-16GB of RAM, with a select few that support more.
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Mine supports upto 32GB of RAM
 
The support for that amount of memory is just in the 64bit architecture. It's not really Microsoft deciding the maximum memory supported. I mean it is, but it isn't...
 
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