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Mac OS X and more than 1.5 GB RAM?
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We all know that OS 9 Finder won't use more than 1.5 GB RAM (up to 1 GB for single app). With the installation of OS X, I was wondering if anyone has successfully installed and utilizied more than 1.5 GB RAM? To my present knowledge a PM G3/G4 should max out @ 4 GB (2^32) with 4 x 1 GB DIMMs. I haven't heardo f 1 GB DIMMs for Mac so 4 x 512 MB (2 GB total) is possible. Any thoughts or successful >1.5 GB RAM installs?
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Right now, Mac OS X PB doesn't support more than 1.4 gigs of RAM but is expected to be able support up to 20 gigs when the final is released.
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Chris Turkel
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Power Macintosh Dual G4
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There is no G4 made which physically supports more than 1.5 gig of ram, so what is the point of this question?
Originally posted by Vsx1:
We all know that OS 9 Finder won't use more than 1.5 GB RAM (up to 1 GB for single app). With the installation of OS X, I was wondering if anyone has successfully installed and utilizied more than 1.5 GB RAM? To my present knowledge a PM G3/G4 should max out @ 4 GB (2^32) with 4 x 1 GB DIMMs. I haven't heardo f 1 GB DIMMs for Mac so 4 x 512 MB (2 GB total) is possible. Any thoughts or successful >1.5 GB RAM installs?
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The PowerMac G4 tower has four slots. So, it is physically capable of supporting over 1.5GB of RAM. There just hasn't been an OS that could.
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