"Stan Starinski" <China@stealsUSJobsPatentsSoftwareMusicVideo> wrote:
>A) 2GB if you're a home/basic user.
>
>B) 4GB for people like me @home (home-based Engineering consulting -
>ECAD/EDA, MCAD (2D/3D, reseaarch/wordprocessing doesn't count), when I need
>to focus alone, extra work.
>
>C) 8-16GB for people like me @work, for all the above but primary work, not
>some little design reworks @home.
Keep in mind that you're talking about the 64-bit version for this
much RAM. The 32-bit version simply can't do it.
>I recommend 64-bit version of Windows if you're shooting for 4GB.
>You can manage 4GB+ even in 32-bit Windows but that would be a Server
>edition which you probably have no clue about (I don't mean to offend, just
>sttaing a fact - few people run Servers at home).
Windows 7 is a client system, it doesn't come in a server version.
You're right, Microsoft's 32-bit server OSs implement PAE, Intel's
kludge that allows 32-bit systems to use more than 4GB of RAM. IMHO,
with 64-bit systems now becoming mainstream, I wouldn't mess with PAE.
>You can even use most of 4GB in 32-bit regular Windows7, you will lose about
>700MB which is so tiny and costs a few dollars, that it's not worth
>regretting.
The amount you lose will vary depending on how much address space is
needed for video RAM, BIOS, etc. See
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt/RAM.html. The discussion applies to
32-bit Win7 as well as XP and Vista.
>One final fact:
>If you're looking at 64-bit Windows7, be sre your hardware is also 64bit,
>else it's a waste of money that will throttle down to 32-bit mode.
AFAIK, the 64-bit OS won't even load on 32-bit hardware.
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Tim Slattery
http://members.cox.net/slatteryt
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