Re: How many times must Apple make such DRASTIC architecture changes?

[Paul Schlyter <pausch@NOSPAMsaaf.se>]

In article <090620050940538157%jerrykindall@nospam.invalid>, 
jerrykindall@nospam.invalid says...
>In article <roy-4F63C0.08385109062005@reader1.panix.com>, Roy Smith
><roy@panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Paul Schlyter <pausch@NOSPAMsaaf.se> wrote:
>> > But whenever that "4 GByte limit" becomes too limiting, it is possible 
>> > to start using different segments again. [...] don't expect this to 
>> > happen until more than 4 GBytes of RAM gets common.
>> 
>> If Moore's law holds, that only a couple of years away.  Today we're at the 
>> point where most desktops or laptops ship with at least 256 Meg, and it's 
>> not uncommon to find a Gig in a high-end personal machine.
>
>2 GB is so cheap and increases the performance of Mac OS X so
>significantly I can't believe more people don't have it.  Mac OS X is
>very, very nice when it never has to swap.

2 GB RAM is quite affordable these days --- however 4 GB is hitting the
addressable limit with a 32-bit address bus....


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