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Win 7 recognizes 8GBs of RAM
Well, my RC finally expired yesterday and I was getting the dreaded pop-up to upgrade. A friend had gotten me a copy of RTM Ultimate but I had been procrastinating the installation of it.
I was not able to upgrade from RC to RTM so I had to a clean install. Smooth install and extremely fast... I have yet to recall a fresh installation being this quick to install.
Now, my problem is that after checking the installation, I noticed that my OS is a 32 bit and not a 64 bit like I wanted or thought I had but... that's is not the strange thing of it all.
The strange thing is that Win 7 Ultimate 32 bit is recognizing the 8 GB's of RAM that I have. It was my understanding that a 32 bit OS was only capable of recognizing 2.5 to 3.6 GB's of RAM so... what's the scoop here?
Does it recognize it or is it capable of reading it but it will only use up to 3.6 max?
I need to know guys because, if it doesn't I want to see if I can get a hold of a 64 bit Ultimate version instead.