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Re: Hardware upgrade with Windows 7 already installed
Subject:Re: Hardware upgrade with Windows 7 already installed From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:Rick Quatro <rick -at- rickquatro -dot- com>, Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 12 May 2014 11:44:53 -0700
How do you figure extra RAM is worthwhile if your OS can't use it?
If your OS can use it, having extra won't do any harm, so if it's
cheap you might as well get extra.
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Rick Quatro <rick -at- rickquatro -dot- com> wrote:
> Extra RAM is always worthwhile, in spite of what a few naysayers think.
> However, Windows 7 will only use the extra RAM if you have the 64-bit
> version.
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