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The Dell is sold with a maximum of 1gb of RAM, but it can be upgraded to 2 gigs for OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OS
by minsight 18y ago
The Dell is sold with a maximum of 1gb of RAM, but it can be upgraded to 2 gigs for OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OSX). I know this is true, because I spent thirty bucks and upgraded mine today. It works well.
- Zev 18y agoWhat modern OS doesn't support ~3.5gb ram at minimum? Or have a 64bit version of it for that matter.
- minsight 18y agoThey CAN support that much RAM. Negotiations with and contractual obligations to Microsoft make sure that they don't.
- nfg 18y ago> OSes that aren't limited during compilation to only deal with 1gig (hint: OSX) What do you mean by this? There is no 1GB memory limit in OS X.
- minsight 18y agoIndeed, but the versions of XP and Linux that you get from netbook vendors ARE limited to 1 GB.
- eli 18y agoThat's a licensing requirement from Microsoft to avoid the "XP Tax." It's not the case if you get Linux and, anyway, is not a technical requirement.
- minsight 18y agoNobody said it was a technical requirement. Just that they were "limited". The net result is that netbook manufacturers are selling machines that don't live up to the capabilities of the hardware or the OSes. There are ways around them, and recompiling linux kernels and installing Mac OS are just two of them.