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Snow Leopard on iMac - 2009/07/11 12:56 I have been reading about all the new improvements in SL, and was struck by the information on the 64 bit architecture.

“Today’s Mac computers can hold up to 32GB of physical memory, but the 32-bit applications that run on them can address only 4GB of RAM at a time. 64-bit computing shatters that barrier by enabling applications to address a theoretical 16 billion gigabytes of memory, or 16 exabytes.”

I have an Early 2008 iMac, so I am wondering if I will be able to break the 4 GB barrier for iMacs, when someone actually starts manufacturing the modules. 8 or 16 GB of RAM would be wonderful.

Anyone know the answer?

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