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Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
XP on BootCamp not recognising full spec?
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 837993" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>Its a limitation related to 32 bit windows</p><p></p><p>32 Bit windows can address 4 gig of ram, but the OS maps nearly 1 gig for Memory Mapped I/O (MMIO) plus whatever memory allocation your video card needs is also mapped into that 4 gig limit, easily taking down the available memory to below 3 gig</p><p></p><p>Read this article for a detailed explanation (thank Apple for moving us swiftly over to 64 bit)</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/03/road_to_mac_os_x_snow_leopard_64_bits_santa_rosa_and_the_great_pc_swindle.html" target="_blank">AppleInsider | Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bits, Santa Rosa, and more</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 837993, member: 40142"] Its a limitation related to 32 bit windows 32 Bit windows can address 4 gig of ram, but the OS maps nearly 1 gig for Memory Mapped I/O (MMIO) plus whatever memory allocation your video card needs is also mapped into that 4 gig limit, easily taking down the available memory to below 3 gig Read this article for a detailed explanation (thank Apple for moving us swiftly over to 64 bit) [url=http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/09/03/road_to_mac_os_x_snow_leopard_64_bits_santa_rosa_and_the_great_pc_swindle.html]AppleInsider | Road to Mac OS X Snow Leopard: 64-bits, Santa Rosa, and more[/url] [/QUOTE]
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