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Old 07-25-2010, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by benjamieson View Post
This is incorrect information.

32bit machines can happily eat up way more than 4GB RAM.

Indivudual applications/processes cannot access more than 4GB, but the system is many process, and Lightroom is another process altogether. These processes can access and utilize 4GB each if it's there.

the virtual address space is limited, hence a design in the in architecture of a 32-bit operating system (technically, it's a x86 hardware issue).
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