>windows 10 x86 because only 4GB ram
>(memory used 2,99GB)
THANKS MICROSOFT
>need a light os
>uses Windows
Oh shit what the fuck are you doing? Do you have brain damage? How the hell did you even find yourself here?
>>53239538
Implying any brand or company can change memory physics for something 32-bit
>>53239700
I do
Protip: 1GB went to your GPU.
>>53240259
This. It have 0 real effect on performance if you change to 64bits.
Windows needs to reserve memory for communicating with devices, so 32-bit windows can only address 2.5-3.5 GB depending on the devices attached.
It's 2016 not 1995. So just stop being a faggot, install the 64-bit version, and then upgrade to at least 8GB.
>>53239538
>/g/ - Technology
>>53240516
>and then upgrade to at least 8GB.
But... but... muh backward compatibility...
>>53241485
Windows XP runs great in a VM
>>53240284
Wrong.
>>53239538
>x86
>4GB ram
you are retarded
>>53239538
>2016
>still using 32bit OS
>>53239700
Thew physics of 32-bit are such that you can address 4GB of memory.
>>53239700
I think you mean 1023MB, or you could say 1073741823B (1023MB + 1023KB + 1023B) if you want to be specific.
Superfetch
>>53239538
PAE.
>>53242984
What does PAE have to do with any of that?
>>53242993
It may enable you to address slightly more memory than Windows allows by default.
>>53239700
>what is PAE
>>53243014
I know what it is, I just don't see how it's relevant to OP's complaint of Windows consuming 3GB RAM
By the way, PAE isn't needed at 2.99GB RAM
>>53243046
It's relevant as he's clearly struggling with his low amount of memory.
>>53243061
You're retarded
>>53243066
I'm actually not. OP arguably is.
>>53243078
You actually are. PAE is entirely irrelevant when your OS is only consuming 3GB RAM.
>>53243099
I'm actually not, and your argument is only valid if you never exceed 3 GB of memory. PAE may give him some breathing space.
>>53239538
>using more than 500mb idle
Windows sure is great.
>>53243124
He's not asking how to prepare for more RAM consumption, he's asking why his OS is consuming so much. The only way that your post is the slightest bit relevant to this thread is that they're both related to a 32-bit operating system's RAM
>>53243124
PAE only allows processes to address 2GB at a time. All PAE does is allow full use of more than 3.5GB of RAM, however the individual processes are still limited.
>Buy laptop with 4 gigs of memory
>Install x64 Win 10 because not retarded
>Runs at about 2.5-3.2 gb usage
>Open programs
>OS opens up enough RAM for software to use
>Runs at 2.5-3.2 gigs usage
>Also open browser and run youtube
>OS opens up RAM for youtube
>Memory usage at 2.5-3.2 gigs
OP is a faggot
>>53243141
Except that he wasn't asking anything.
>>53243147
That's OP's problem. He should've went with more memory and a 64-bit OS if this is an issue for him.
>>53243169
>>Install x64 Win 10 because i'm retarded
I am a huge faggot please rape my face because i like botnet!
>>53243204
You get my fucking point
tfw rpi2 has official windows 10 that uses 1gb ram max
>>53243217
Of course I get what you mean, but without OP giving us more information what his problem is and what he'd like to achieve, we can only give him some generic advice or assistance.
One such assistance is to find out what causes his system to consume 3 GB (which is Windows itself, come on). And another is to allow him slightly more addressable memory, despite his unfortunate setup.
Yet both may not be solutions to what he wants to achieve anyway, because he didn't say what he wants. In fact, this thread feels more like a shit post from OP out of frustration, and not him looking for help.
At least you have enough ram left to run half of firefox
>>53243210
No one cares about your lonely "someone in the government actually cares about me!" fantasy.
>>53243290
>he's okay with the government monitoring his activity
>>53243290
It is not fantasy if it's true.
>>53243290
this bait is the actual opinion of the normiefaggots
they are too dumb to understand that it's not people watching people, it's algorithms watching people
>>53239538
it's a SFW board
>>53243370
And that's an SFW photo
>>53239538
That's what you get for not installing gentoo!
>>53239538
something something op is a dumbass something something install gentoo.
>>53241664
look up what a bit is
>>53239538
>Installing Win 10
You deserve it.
>>53243403
It's a fucking kid sitting in a bath you disgusting pedo
>>53244452
Oh man, how soft are you? You got a micropenis bruv?
>>53239538
4 GB
in two thousand sixteen
>4 GB
>2016
>current year
>less than 8 GB of RAM
>>53244496
I also have 4GB RAM on my Surface Pro 3. Pic related is my memory usage on Firefox with over 200 tabs open.
>>53241827
It's not a measure of Mebibytes, it's Megabytes.
>>53245039
Good catch, but even in mebibytes his calculations are off. 1023 mebibytes = 1023*1024*1024 bytes = 1072693248 bytes.
>>53241827
1023 megabytes = 1023*1000*1000 bytes = 1,023,000,000 bytes.
>>53244452
That's not a kid
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