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[-] setsubyou@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

32-bit systems could only handle 4 GB of RAM

I don’t understand why people always say that. Pentium Pro could handle 64 GB even though it was a 32 bit CPU. It had a 36 bit address bus. Later models are the same.

[-] Flatfire@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago

People say it because it was a Windows limitation, not a computing limitation. Windows Server had support for more, but for consumers, it wasn't easily doable. I believe there's modern workarounds though. The real limit is how much memory a single application can address at any given time.

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