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On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:18:27 -0600, rbowman
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trader_4 wrote:

If the MB can handle the extra memory, there isn't an OS in the last
couple decades that won't make use of it.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Unless it is a 32bit x86 version.
Yup - with 32 bit OS, anything over 4Gb is a total waste.

Windows server will support up to 36GB using PAE on x86_32. Any
one task/process is still limited to 4GB however.