64 bit info

[Steve Lamb]

On Wednesday 03 February 2010 02:33:17 pm sdavmor wrote:
> ...and as has been noted elsewhere several times (so I'll make it one
> more), without > 4gb of RAM there's no perceivable benefit running 64
> bit vs 32 bit apps.

    Not true.  There is a quantifiable speed difference.  What was noted that 
32-bit is tested with years of production use and that there *may* exist 
programs which a person would want to install which isn't present on 64-bit.  
Therefore it is more prudent to run 32-bit just to remove that variable in lue 
of idling faster.  But that's not to say there is no benefit outside addressign 
>3.5Gb of RAM.

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