Comments on: You Can Never Have Too Much Memory http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/ Information technology and security advice for small businesses. Thu, 05 May 2011 16:41:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Bill McGonigle Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:32:29 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=184#comment-19 Actually, it looks like you're right, they intentionally cripple the desktop versions to 4GB, even with PAE. Oh, um, I mean it's for compatibility reasons, yeah, that's the ticket: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#Microsoft_Windows Server versions seem to work as expected. Actually, it looks like you’re right, they intentionally cripple the desktop versions to 4GB, even with PAE. Oh, um, I mean it’s for compatibility reasons, yeah, that’s the ticket:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension#Microsoft_Windows

Server versions seem to work as expected.

]]> By: Peter Nikolaidis http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Peter Nikolaidis Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:56:53 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=184#comment-18 Oops! Good catch, Bill! Oops! Good catch, Bill!

]]> By: Bill McGonigle http://blog.paradigmcc.com/2009/06/12/you-can-never-have-too-much-memory/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Bill McGonigle Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:23:02 +0000 http://blog.paradigmcc.com/?p=184#comment-17 Besides productivity loss, you'll wear out your hard drives faster due to all the swapping, which increases the risk of data loss. No PAE support in Windows? Like you said, RAM is a no-brainer, I'm spec-ing 8GB desktops these days. Besides productivity loss, you’ll wear out your hard drives faster due to all the swapping, which increases the risk of data loss.

No PAE support in Windows? Like you said, RAM is a no-brainer, I’m spec-ing 8GB desktops these days.

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