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Old March 25th 08, 01:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.hardware_devices
LL
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Default 4Gb RAM, 32bit Vista

i feel confused seeing different answers. some say it is wasted, some say it
is not.
i heard that the rest of RAM is used for hardware addressing purposes. can
someone clearify on that please?

HP says my notebook can run 64bit vista, but i dont think i'd spend time to
change it fearing that something may not work.

"f/fgeorge" wrote:

On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:10:01 -0700, LL
wrote:

After installing SP1 on Vista, the system properties report that I have 4Gb
RAM installed, which is true.
However it seems that from the Task Manager, it only can handle up to 3 Gb
RAM. So is the other 1Gb wasted? Or is it actually in use for other invisible
purposes?


NO it is NOT wasted, yes it is available, just not reported.