thanks guys,

i'm pretty sure that ME will handle 512MB cuz dell sells laptops
configured that way, but i wasn't sure about double or even
triple that.

oh, by the way.  i found the 512MB PC133 for $29 apiece.  i
should now be able to get a new 1.2GHz athlon motherboard
with processor and 1GB of memory for $250.  incredible.
bring on the 3.5.    ;-)

miker


"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote in message
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> MR <a### [at] bnet> wrote:
> : but i'm thinking about upgrading the desktop and i would
> : like to know if there is a maximum amount of memory
> : that windows ME or 98SE can use.
>
>   In theory the memory limit in P-II and newer is (AFAIK) 64 GB (I don't
> remember if the 4 GB limit was increased in P-II or in some previous
processor,
> but that's not so important here).
>   In practice some OS's have a 4 GB or 2 GB limit (due to 32-bit
architecture).
> I don't remember what was the limit in Windows 9x, but it could be that 2
GB
> (this is caused by the OS using signed integers, which halves the maximum
> value). I don't think there's any worry about having 1 GB of memory
(AFAIK).
>   (Of course Windows may have some braindead limit on how much memory a
single
> process can allocate at a time which is much less than 2 GB; I faintly
> remember something like that...)
>
> : i've also heard that the bios on the motherboard can be
> : a limiting factor.
>
>   I think there was a limit in some motherboards on how much memory they
> will cache (memory above that limit can be read but it's not cached). I
don't
> know if it's any issue nowadays.
>
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