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    SZ with SP1 Vista now shows all 4 gb of ram

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Niqui, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. Niqui

    Niqui Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,
    i was just curious, as since i put sp1 vista on my sony , the system has been showing the full 4gbs of ram, wheras before, it showed only three gigs.
    was this supposed to happen, as its only 32 bit?
    thnaks
     
    Niqui, Mar 29, 2008
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    SP1 was changed to report the amount of physical memory installed rather than the amount available. The reality is you only have 3 gigs available with SP1 if that is what you had before. I believe the cosmetic change was made to cut down on support calls from new computer owners that thought something was wrong.
     
    leadweight, Mar 29, 2008
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  3. Niqui

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    ok thanks, so no performance boost>?
    also, would you recommend going to vista ultimate from business
    i tried ultimate for a bit, but didnt notice any difference between business, but nor was i looking...is it worth upgrading?
    thanks
     
    Niqui, Mar 30, 2008
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    I run Business and have no desire to run ultimate. The difference is Ultimate has media center and Bitlocker and I don't need either. If I wanted disk encryption I would use TrueCrypt.
     
    leadweight, Mar 30, 2008
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    I have two desktops with Ultimate. Waste of money for little extra. The extras I was supposed to receive through the year have never materialized.
     
    RainCaster, Apr 1, 2008
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    If you poke around a bit (in "system" IIRC) you will find an entry that says "total memory available to windows".

    I won't say 4GB
     
    DuckRyder, Apr 2, 2008
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    If you check with Task Manager (CTRL-ALT-DEL), the amount of available RAM is still 3GB.
     
    hendra, Apr 2, 2008
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