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Richard Glazier <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:06:18 -0400
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From: "Carl Houseman" <[log in to unmask]>
> I'm sure MS limited the FAT support of the built-in tools to 32GB simply to
> discourage the use of FAT for "anything serious".

I was "thinking" the same thing. Otherwise they would have "broken it" more...
Plus, where would they draw the line later,  (down the road...)

> MS VPC is just wonderful.  Need to have enough RAM available to support both
> OS's at once is the only caveat I've seen so far.
> (talked about RAM so that made this a hardware discussion :-).

Agreed... 256 per is a reasonable choice. PLUS the host OS RAM.
Last time I answered that (RAM) question, MS gave me a T-Shirt... <grin>...

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