4 Gig in new Prec 490 showing as 3 Gig?

[gmongardi at napc.com (Grant M.)]

John Abreau wrote:
> I ran into this about a month ago; here's what Dell's support said:
> 
> 
>> Actually, your system is functioning normally. There are two main
>> reasons why the system will report less than 4GB of memory. First
>> of all, the system reserves 500MB of memory just to operate the
>> PCI-Express bus at its full potential. More memory is reserved for
>> other integrated devices. On top of that, Windows XP Professional
>> (and any 32-bit operating system) has memory reporting limitations
>> at 4GB of memory.

That is probably one of the most useful bits of information I've ever 
seen from Dell. I am duly impressed.
Grant M.
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