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Old 04-13-2007, 06:24 PM   #1
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Why only 3.2GB Memory

I am very curious why Windows XP professional is limited to 3.2 GB memory. What is it intentional? Was it a design flaw? Was it design limitation?
XP X64 can use 16GB of memory, what is the difference?
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Old 04-13-2007, 06:32 PM   #2
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The 4GB Windows Memory Limit: What does it really mean?

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Excellent link Cricket. Thanks a lot.
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