Minimum RAM for Win64 - 1 GB!!

[SvP]

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prka_fea_ppnm.asp

I guess it takes some time before home users are willing to utilize Athlon64's full potential

BTW - WinXP Pro's Minimum RAM is 64, which really is a minimum, for anything else besides a login screen you better have twice as much. I wonder if same pattern applies to 1 GB also

 

[Xmas]

I guess it takes some time before home users are willing to utilize Athlon64's full potential

You really think some people buying an Athlon64 will equip their machine with less than 1 GiB?

 

[PaulS]

True, but i think it's the fact that it's the minimum that is the problem. If it were recommended, fair enough. But 1gb minimum is fairly hefty.

 

[Humus]

Sometimes I do wonder what they are filling all this memory with.

 

[pcchen]

That Windows XP 64 bits Edition is for IA-64. Considering Itaniums are currently mainly for servers and workstations, there wouldn't be too much demands for systems with less than 1GB memory.

I believe the system requirement of Windows XP for AMD64 will be different.