does bootcamp support 16gb ram

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does bootcamp support 16gb ram

If i have a MBP with has 16gb ram and i have windows 7 64bit installed through bootcamp, would i be able to see 16gb of ram in the task manager tab??

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 8:42 AM

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BobTheFisherman

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Sep 21, 2012 8:46 AM in response to Amir90

Yes. It is not Boot Camp that sees the RAM. Boot Camp only helps in setting up the partition for Windows. It is Windows that sees and uses the RAM. Windows 32 bit can only use about 3.5GB RAM. Windows 7 can use all your 16GB.

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Sep 21, 2012 8:54 AM in response to Amir90

so if windows 7 is 64bit that it will support 16gb?? does it support 32gb too?

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Amir90 Author

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Sep 21, 2012 8:55 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

so if windows 7 is 64bit that it will support 16gb?? does it support 32gb too?

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Sep 21, 2012 9:03 AM in response to Amir90

Windows 7 Home Premium supports 16GB max. Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Ultimate support 192 GB RAM http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778%28v=vs.85%29.as px#physical_memory_limits_windows_7

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Csound1

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Sep 21, 2012 11:05 AM in response to Amir90

Amir90 wrote:

so if windows 7 is 64bit that it will support 16gb?? does it support 32gb too?

Win 7 Professional and Ultimate support up to 192G of Ram, the other versions support 16G.

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