Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 13:56 -0400, Linuxguy123 wrote: >> I appear to gain 935MB of RAM running the 64 bit version. This is in >> spite of the spec sheet on my laptop saying: >> >> "Memory 4096 MB Memory Max Up to 4GB DDR2 (Up to 1 GB may not be >> available due to 32-bit operating system resource requirements)" > > That sort of disclaimer doesn't mean anything technically. It's warning > the average user that having 4 gigs of RAM in their PC doesn't mean that > they'll have 4 gigs of *free* RAM, some of it will be used (when your OS > loads, it uses some of your RAM, and some OSs use lots of your RAM). Then why does it say 32-bit operating systems? 64-bit operating systems have baseline memory demands too. Matt Flaschen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
