4 GB RAM hardware but only 3.4 GB real/avail

[Peter Giessel]

On Monday, May 11, 2009, at 01:25PM, "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com> wrote:
>In response to "Len Conrad" <lconrad at Go2France.com>:
>
>> I'm sure this has been answered but I can't Google it.
>
>Really?  This question has been asked a gazillion times ...

Agreeing with Bill Moran:
http://www.google.com/search?q=+4+GB+RAM+hardware+but+only+3.4+GB+real%2Favail

The first link takes me to:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000811.html

Which appears to be largely Windows specific, but very detailed if you are looking for a
more in-depth explanation and also says:
"To be perfectly clear, this isn't a Windows problem-- it's an x86 hardware problem.