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OSX RAM limit?
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<blockquote data-quote="Osiris22x" data-source="post: 32142" data-attributes="member: 3542"><p>It's rather tricky because the G5 isn't truly a 64 bit computer as Apple claims. Parts of the chip are 32 bit, and parts of it are 64 bit. Apple had to do this so that Panther would still run on the G5 without being completely redesigned.</p><p></p><p>But as you found in your research, 2 GB is the general limit depending on which program you're using. Until Apple develops a real 64 bit processor and OS....this limitation will always be there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Osiris22x, post: 32142, member: 3542"] It's rather tricky because the G5 isn't truly a 64 bit computer as Apple claims. Parts of the chip are 32 bit, and parts of it are 64 bit. Apple had to do this so that Panther would still run on the G5 without being completely redesigned. But as you found in your research, 2 GB is the general limit depending on which program you're using. Until Apple develops a real 64 bit processor and OS....this limitation will always be there. [/QUOTE]
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