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Subject: Re: 2 GB virtual memory limit in Windows

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:22:41 08/30/05

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On August 30, 2005 at 14:46:50, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On August 30, 2005 at 14:27:42, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On August 30, 2005 at 14:05:02, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>
>>>On August 30, 2005 at 13:53:27, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 30, 2005 at 05:46:14, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 23:29:30, Eugene Nalimov wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 23:12:24, Lance Perkins wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 19:18:32, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On August 29, 2005 at 16:13:58, Marc Bourzutschky wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>What are the options to be able to access more than 2 GB of memory in XP Pro?
>>>>>>>>>Does the /3G boot option work in XP Pro, and if so, are special tweaks needed by
>>>>>>>>>applications?  Are there other options?  I'm trying to have more memory
>>>>>>>>>available for myself of the 4 GB I have installed on my machine...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>Marc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Perhaps install linux, has more advantages with respect to memory.
>>>>>>>>Windows i cannot recommend for software that wants to use more than 480MB ram.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Vincent
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I'm not sure where you got that 480MB limit.
>>>>>
>>>>>Older Windows versions would fail to malloc over 256M.
>>>>
>>>>Soon 64 bit Windows will be released, which will make these discussions sound
>>>>pretty funny.
>>>
>>>64-bit Windows were released several years ago.
>>
>>It was?
>>What was it called then?
>
>
>I suppose it's Win2003-64 bits
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/64bit/x64/default.mspx

That was launched only a few months ago (from the same page):

"In the News
Microsoft Launches 64-Bit Windows
CNET News.com (April 25, 2005): Ina Fried covers the announcement that 64-bit
versions of Microsoft Windows are now available—how to get yours and what the
future may hold."

Maybe Eugene was talking about Betas.



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