RAM + Win OS question

Hi...
Is the 3GB RAM ceiling of Win XP limited to Win XP 32bit or does it also apply to Vista and Win 7 32bit?

It's actually even lower on Vista and W7 due to more rigid kernel protection routines. 2.73 GB per app at most, the default is 2.3 GB. Anyway, why bother? 64bit versions of W7 and Vista are widely available and even most cheap notebooks with not so powerful processors support the necessary extensions (SSE2,SSE3,EMT64, intel VPro). Even if you only do Illustrator and get a minimum RAM outfit of perhaps 6 or 8 GB, ovcerall stability will be far superior over a 32bit system (assuming no otehr issues arise).
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