Re: [gentoo-user] Comparison between 32 bit and 64 bit

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am Dienstag, 14. August 2012, 01:18:20 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:20:04AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > Am Montag, 13. August 2012, 20:55:23 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
> > > Hey there
> > >
> > > As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I switched from 32 to 64 bit after
> > > some convinction work done by the ML and a friend.  In order to justify
> > > the switch for myself, I made some performance comparisons.
> > >
> > > So, in case anyone is interested, here are my results.
> > >
> > > The only thing I don't really like is of course the increased RAM usage.
> > > While the old installation took 400 MB of RAM after Login to KDE
> > > (Akonadi is a hog), it now takes 500.  The memory meter now stands
> > > always at least at 50% (3 GB available).  I will have to tune down
> > > multitasking a bit.
> > >
> > > [major snippage]
> >
> > so all in all you got performance improvements you had to spend several
> > hundred of dollars for just through recompiling. Should give you food for
> > thought.
>
> I don't understand that sentence.  Where did I spend 100s of $$?

you didn't. You got the equivalent of a major cpu/mobo/ram upgrade in 
performance improvements - for free.

>
> > Oh and the ram? Ram is cheap. Get yourseld 8gb. Costs as much as a good
> > lunch.
> Nah, I won't upgrade this laptop anymore.  It's 6 years old, the heatpipe is
> worn out, so I can't go full-power anymore, the backlight is getting weaker
> and the keyboard is falling apart.  I don't have too little RAM, I just
> don't have that much by today's standard.  (It came shipped with 1 Gig
> BTW).
>
> I'm gonna build me a nice i5-based minitower once I can afford it. *dream*
>
> What a pity though -- you just don't get 1400x1050 laptops anymore these
> days (or any 4:3 laptops for that matter).
>
> > Or a couple of beers on friday night.
>
> I don't drink beer. ;-p
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