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minus-squareDave.@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·1 day agoRemember when windows XP could only make use of a maximum of 4GB of RAM? I put it to you: What has actually improved in the OS for the end user since then?
minus-squareDoomsider@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoFor what most people use their computer for Win95 was already good enough. Microsoft has just been charging for the same old shit since then.
minus-squareosanna@lemmy.vglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 day agoThat wasn’t a windows thing only. That was a limit of 32bit machines. They could only address up to 4gb of ram. But there was a thing called Physical Address Extension that kinda faked it being able to address more than 4gb.
Remember when windows XP could only make use of a maximum of 4GB of RAM?
I put it to you: What has actually improved in the OS for the end user since then?
For what most people use their computer for Win95 was already good enough. Microsoft has just been charging for the same old shit since then.
That wasn’t a windows thing only. That was a limit of 32bit machines. They could only address up to 4gb of ram. But there was a thing called Physical Address Extension that kinda faked it being able to address more than 4gb.