Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoSpeed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparisonwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down113
arrow-up1483arrow-down1external-linkSpeed test pits six generations of Windows against each other — Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparisonwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·5 months agoWasn’t there a bug that made XP unable to hit even 4GB, I seem to recall a limit of 3,5GB ram…
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·5 months agoShort answer, no, there were artificial limitations to ensure compatibility. Plenty of long-form answers if you care to search.
Wasn’t there a bug that made XP unable to hit even 4GB, I seem to recall a limit of 3,5GB ram…
Short answer, no, there were artificial limitations to ensure compatibility. Plenty of long-form answers if you care to search.