On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 02:09:41PM +0100, James King wrote:
> Xp was another example of poor design by microsoft.
> The intel processors had limits of 4gb per *program* running so one
> program could not access more than 4gb but you could have 2 programs
> each using 4gb. Microsoft choose not to support this or did not know and
> so *everything* running has to fit into 4gb.
Shortsightedness was not exclusive to Micro$oft. a few years back I
tried to put a 10GB HDD in my 1998 vintage PC... it topped out at 8GB...
...Hmmmm... the new mobo & processor cost $120 :)
davidt
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