Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 13:53:43 -0800 From: Peter Giessel <pgiessel@mac.com> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: lconrad@Go2France.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4 GB RAM hardware but only 3.4 GB real/avail Message-ID: <160278566753602359077573106687879407718-Webmail@me.com> In-Reply-To: <20090511172526.da28cd61.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <200905112305.AA963444956@mail.Go2France.com> <20090511172526.da28cd61.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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On Monday, May 11, 2009, at 01:25PM, "Bill Moran" <wmoran@potentialtech.com> wrote: >In response to "Len Conrad" <lconrad@Go2France.com>: > >> I'm sure this has been answered but I can't Google it. > >Really? This question has been asked a gazillion times ... Agreeing with Bill Moran: http://www.google.com/search?q=+4+GB+RAM+hardware+but+only+3.4+GB+real%2Favail The first link takes me to: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html Which appears to be largely Windows specific, but very detailed if you are looking for a more in-depth explanation and also says: "To be perfectly clear, this isn't a Windows problem-- it's an x86 hardware problem.
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