Memory limitations of 95/98/me

[virux]

hello all. im having a debate with a buddy of mine in regarded to how much memory windows can use. If i recall correcty, 256 was all that 95/98/me can use. 4GB was max for NT/W2k but i though 256 was max everywhere else. he says there is no max. now i know windows freaks with 1.5Gb and the highest microsoft tell say you can use it 1gb but, how much is reallly used? can anyone anwser this? Thanks in advance.

 

[Ed_Phoon]

For Win95/98/SE/ME, problem start when more than 512mb.

 

[virux]

Thanks for the reply. but I dont mean problem, i mean that the OS doesnt have the capasity to use more then X. what is the value of X?
i remeber back when i was doing the MCSE test, i read it was like 128, or 256 or somthing. anyone know what that number is?

 

[AMD_Man]

I believe 4GB (or was it 2GB?) is the max for Win9x/Me also.

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[Arrow]

Wow, even for Win9x, the limit's that high??

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[Toejam31]

Alright, here's the info. No more guessing, boys.

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Looks to me like neither one of you won the bet, virux. I'll have a pint of bitter for my winnings, please, with a brunette on the side. NO ... not the chubby one! I only copied the link, I didn't code the OS. Ahem.

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[WiseGuy1]

Wow!! A fella in another thread (can't remember which one) was right. You do have a link to everything. I'll have start referring to you as Mr. LinkIts

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[virux]

still not buyin it but i will accept it since it come from microsoft Thanks.

 

[Toejam31]

It gets worse all the time, too. I added 43 bookmarks just in the past two days while doing technical support. It can take several hours to go through them and make sure all the links are valid. And yeah, I'm anal enough that I <i>must</i> do that every once in a while. I hate dead links. <GRIN>

I'm just as bad when it comes to written material. I had to convert a walk-in closet in my house to hold all my books. I've got over a thousand, and you wouldn't believe what a pain it can be to arrange them. And I can never make up my mind whether it should be by theme, date of purchase, or the author's name.

You think that maybe I like to read? LOL!

I guess one of us has to be the "library" on the forum. Right? Or maybe I should swallow a couple of Prozac and take a nap before my mouse explodes! ;-)

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