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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:54:34
Message-Id: CAK2H+edta5J11ppugd4DSn9hYShqhtKHXitNwHLTZDOnQLbLVA@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit by Nilesh Govindrajan
1 On 7/16/12, Nilesh Govindrajan <contact@××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > So the same old query again I guess.
3 > What architecture should I use for a machine with 3GB RAM and a 64bit
4 > processor?
5 >
6 > I believe 64bit should be given serious consideration only if RAM is gt or
7 > = 4 GB, even there 32bit is allowable with PAE if I'm not wrong.
8 >
9 > So what is recommended? There are as such no special use cases to go 64bit
10 > for me.
11 >
12
13 Why 32? ... Flash, win32 codecs, probably Wine but not sure as it has
14 been years...
15
16 Why 64? ... Virtualization...
17
18 Depends on what you want and/or need.
19
20 HTH,
21 Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] 32bit or 64bit Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>