How much ram can be supported by different windows operating systems?
The amount of RAM is actually dependent upon the instruction set
architecture. For instance: Windows 7 Ultimate, Enterprise, and
Professional 32bit can only support 4GB of RAM, while the 64bit
version can handle 192GB.
Operating System | 32bit | 64bit
7 Ultimate | 4GB | 192GB
7 Enterprise | 4GB | 192GB
7 Professional | 4GB | 192GB
7 Home Premium | 4GB | 16GB
7 Home Basic | 4GB | 8GB
7 Starter | 2GB | N/A
Vista Ultimate | 4GB | 128GB
Vista Enterprise | 4GB | 128GB
Vista Professional | 4GB | 128GB
Vista Home Premium | 4GB | 16GB
Vista Home Basic | 4GB | 8GB
Vista Starter | 1GB | N/A
XP | 4GB | 128GB
XP Starter Edition | 512GB | N/A
Hope this helps :D(my formatting messed up, so that explains why
it might be an eyesore)