sf wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:21:24 -0600, phaeton >
> wrote:
>
>> C.D wrote:
>>> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> The most important part of Vista is the 4 gig of ram you have. 2 gig
>>>> is bare minimum. Also click on the power icon and learn the different
>>>> settings should you have them. Most new laptops have them
>>>>
>>>> Dimitri
>>>>
>>> and 3.5 gig ram is max for x86.
>>>
>> 3.5GB is maximum for a laptop?
>
> I wondered what x86 meant.
>
>
"x86" is slang for the instruction set of the Intel "8086" family of
processors (and clones), which modern PC processors have decended from
(80286, 80386, 80486, 80586, 80686, etc). So when someone says "way
back in the day on my 486!" they're talking about the 80486 processor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86