On Friday 16 December 2005 00:50, Mitja Podreka wrote: > Jan Stavel wrote: > > pretty good howto you would appreciate to read: > > > > https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.htm > >l > > I've read the upper how-to and I would like to join the debate with a > question. > I'm thinking to buy new computer and don't know if I should buy i386 or > 64bit. > > Considering the software problems is there some advantage of buying > 64bit computer now (like big increase of speed)? > > Does a 64bit computer run 32bit software faster?
I am a bit ignorant about 64-bit systems, but I would imagine that the biggest advantage would be for scientific (ie, mathematical) processing involving large numbers, and the ability to utilise (significantly) more memory. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
