[dba-Tech] I've forgotten the numbers

Arthur,

This page seems to lay it all
out<http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_7>.
 The limits are different based on the version of Windows 7 that you have:

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI



On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Assuming an AMD dual-core processor and a Windows 7 or Ubuntu 64-bit, how
> much RAM am I allowed to have? And is there a restriction on cores? All I
> have at the moment is dual-core and 4GB RAM but I am willing to beef that
up
> to the max on both platforms. What is the max? I have a feeling it's 8Gb
but
> I have been wrong before and this would be no exception. 8 ought to
suffice
> for my humble needs, but just wondering. (Bear in mind that I have retired
> from the field and am in it strictly as a hobbyist now. Not a lot of
budget,
> no active clients, just my meager pension to carry me through; if anything
> costs more than $99 I probably can't carry it.)
>
> TIA,
> Arthur
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