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Twistedpixel said:
Retrasado said:
ssj12 said:

its probably the motherboard, a lot of motherboards limit the amount it can support.

 

edit: nvm, its something to do with the OS

Here are the upper RAM limits for the different editions of Windows 7:

  • Starter: 8GB
  • Home Basic: 8GB
  • Home Premium: 16GB
  • Professional: 192GB
  • Enterprise: 192GB
  • Ultimate: 192GB

wait. what? are you sure? I mean, theorectically, a 64-bit operating system should be able to recognize 263 bytes of RAM (9.2x1018 or 9.2 exabytes of ram). I can understand putting some sort of limit on it, but 16GB seems a little riduculously low..

What home user would realistically use more than 8GB? The professional market is different, hence the different ram support.

actually, I remember this now and it is incredibly stupid and money grabbing of Microsoft. While I understand a "home" user won't need more than 8GB, say I want to create my own at home research project that needs more than 16GB, why should I have to pay extra for "Professional" when it doesn't have anything I really need other than ram support. You should be paying Microsoft for more features (media center, or business features), not paying less for gimped code that cost them more to gimp than leave it fully open.

However, most people who do research don't use Windows anyways




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