Lesson of the day: If you intend to have 4GB of RAM or more, it's highly recommended that you install a 64 bit operating system (unless you are stuck with primitive device drivers or programs that only work in 32 bit). First, press Ctrl + Shift + Esc on your keyboard to summon Windows 10’s Task Manager. video, audio and network memory) so this further reduces the amount of available RAM to 3 - 3.5GB in most cases. Checking how much RAM your computer has is easy.
Taking a closer look at the table above, you will notice that 32 bit operating systems can access just 4GB of RAM at most.Īnd there's more bad news: This 4GB memory limit is shared between RAM and other devices (e.g. Linux 64 bit Linux 32 bit Linux 32 bit (with PAE) Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimate Windows Vista 64 bit Enterprise Windows Vista 64 bit Business Windows Vista 64 bit Home Premium Windows Vista 64 bit Home Basic Windows Vista 32 bit (except Starter) Windows Vista 32 bit Starter Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate Windows 7 64 bit Enterprise Windows 7 64 bit Professional Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium Windows 7 64 bit Home Basic Windows 7 32 bit (except Starter) Windows 7 32 bit Starter
Windows 8 64 bit Enterprise Windows 8 64 bit Pro Windows 8 64 bit Windows 8 32 bit
