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On Mon, 2012-07-16 at 19:52 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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> On 7/16/12, Nilesh Govindrajan <contact@××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > So the same old query again I guess. |
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> > What architecture should I use for a machine with 3GB RAM and a 64bit |
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> > processor? |
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> > I believe 64bit should be given serious consideration only if RAM is gt or |
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> > = 4 GB, even there 32bit is allowable with PAE if I'm not wrong. |
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> > So what is recommended? There are as such no special use cases to go 64bit |
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> > for me. |
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> Why 32? ... Flash, win32 codecs, probably Wine but not sure as it has |
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> been years... |
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> Why 64? ... Virtualization... |
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> Depends on what you want and/or need. |
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> HTH, |
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> Mark |
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Virtualisation ? I am running qemu (windows, gentoo), vbox (windows, |
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gentoo, fedora) and gxemul (ultrix) all 32 bit guests on 32 bit systems |
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on either 32 or 64 bit hardware running gentoo - can you confirm you |
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need 64bit for 64bit guests as I will be moving that way eventually? |
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That being said, I think for future proofing 64bit is the way to go, I |
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can see a time when 32bit is going to get deprecated. |
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