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Apple Computing Products:
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Why 3Gb memory limit in 20" & 24" iMac's?
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<blockquote data-quote="Benjamindaines" data-source="post: 378473" data-attributes="member: 8386"><p>It's the Intel chipset. The C2Ds can only use 3GB before you get what they call memory overlapping (basically things get stored more than once, so why bother with the extra gig if it's just going to be wasted anyway).</p><p></p><p></p><p>You are wrong <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benjamindaines, post: 378473, member: 8386"] It's the Intel chipset. The C2Ds can only use 3GB before you get what they call memory overlapping (basically things get stored more than once, so why bother with the extra gig if it's just going to be wasted anyway). You are wrong :p [/QUOTE]
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