2026-01-05 04:32 UTC
> Even the older Windows XP managed 50 tabs, and that's because it kept crashing past that number because of its paging file failing to keep up, not because it had hit the 5GB memory ceiling.
Windows XP 32bit can't hit 5gb memory ceiling, the 32bit memory addresses don't allow that
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@TroublesomeTalker@feddit.uk 2026-01-05 05:51
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension Not at release. It came later though for certain chipsets.
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@stoy@lemmy.zip 2026-01-05 05:24
Wasn't there a bug that made XP unable to hit even 4GB, I seem to recall a limit of 3,5GB ram....
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@carrylex@lemmy.world 2026-01-05 17:29
PSA: In the video (not the retarded posted article that has 0 proofreading) it's stated that he used Windows XP **64 bit**