I just read this article which claims the new Windows 7 can handle up to 192 gigs of RAM. And that's not even considering the ceiling of 64-bit machines, which is an estimated 17.2 BILLION gigabytes of RAM. This is a lot. The RAMmiest mobo I could find on NewEgg could only support 24 gigs of RAM, and even that is an obscene amount by today's standards. For reference, the computer you are using to read this probably has 2 - 4 gigs of RAM. Those of you with 64 bit machines undoubtedly have a whopping 8 gigs.
But the point is, 192 gigs of RAM seems almost hilarious...by today's standards. Then again, I was discussing with a friend a few weeks ago that my aging computer at home has a hard drive that was massive at the time I bought it: 16 gigabytes! Now, for the same price, you can acquire a 2 TERAbyte hard drive, 800 times larger. Or, conversely, you could buy 3 16-gigabyte USB flash drives.
All computer technology changes, and rapidly. Expect me to link to this post in 2 years, when 192 gigs of RAM is laughably pathetic.
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