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    VGN-FW21Z: In the case of 4GB, a portion of the system memory over 2.5GB might not be available to the operating system?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by SirDarren, May 11, 2009.

  1. SirDarren

    SirDarren Notebook Enthusiast

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    What's all that about then?

    I was considering buying it but I read that on their site at this link.

    in the memory section.

    Do they mean to do with 64-bit or what? Because they don't say it for the other ones.
     
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    It's standard on 32-bit Windows versions. How much memory you lose depends on, among other things, the amount of memory on your graphics card, but 3 GB available memory is a ballpark figure. With some systems, you get a bit less, with some a bit more, but you'll never get close to 4 GB usable memory with 32-bit Vista.

    http://www.dansdata.com/askdan00015.htm
     
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