Memory upgrade

[busterb]

The 2GB upgrade gave me a total of 3.25GBs. Suggested reading. Before upgrade.The MoBo manual. Recommend for XP 32-bit systems. Less than 3 GBs. Oh well I can always pull 2 chips out to upgrade old 2k box. If I buy a new MoBo, cpu, power supply, and a few other goodies.

[mbpark]

The reason why is because Windows and other 32-bit operating systems allocate a chunk of addressable memory space between 3 and 4 GB for system management.

This affects all 32-bit OS'es with 4 GB of RAM or more.

64-bit Operating Systems do not have this issue.

Thanks,

Mitch

[busterb]

Mitch. I read that, but too lazy to type it out. Thanks.

[tw]

Originally Posted by aimeecc

True, but Vista's been on the market for almost a year, and has made little progress in the market compared to the market share captured by XP in its first year of release. Its not that its really that bad of a product, there just isn't a perceived need and few people want the hassle of the driver issues, security issues, or the hassle of learning a new OS, and it has few upgrades for typical users (it has lots of new things, just most people don't need or want them).

According to reports based on Microsoft's significant increase in sales, both Vista and Office are experiencing robust sales.

Microsoft posted an impressive quarter on Thursday, with Vista and Office sales setting the pace. The software giant also issued a strong outlook for the current quarter and all of 2008 -- something many of its fellow tech companies have been unable to do.

Microsoft's earnings rose about 79 percent for the quarter that ended in December -- its fiscal second quarter -- and it boosted its outlook on strong demand from around the world for its operating system, productivity software and related products.

Returning to the original question. Why are these sales that were predicted to drive memory sales not creating the memory demand? Does Vista not require the memory increases (1 Gb memory modules) that the memory market was predicting? Vista sales are robust. Why is the demand for memory lagging?

[xoxoxoBruce]

Vista sales are not robust... duh.

[Undertoad]

Vista sales wouldn't affect sales of 4GB thumb drives, or 32GB solid state drives, or flash memory for millions of mp3 players, or Asus Eee PC memory (2GB through 8GB), or add-on memory for millions upon millions of cameras, GPS devices, phones. More memory is used outside Vista than is used with it.

[xoxoxoBruce]

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Forrester: Businesses Still Saying No to Vista
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Microsoft: Vista Follow-up Likely in 2009
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From Computerworld.com: Vista's biggest problem remains Windows XP, survey says
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HP CEO: Vista Never Had Its Moment in 2007
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