Re: 32 v 64 bit

2011-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.12.2011 21:19, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 12/16/2011 11:51 AM, Soham Chakraborty wrote: >> Big virtual process address space is the immediate benefit that comes to >> my mind. In 32 bit systems, 4G is the limitation of process address space. >> >> For a new system. go 64 bit. > > If you don't

Re: 32 v 64 bit

2011-12-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/16/2011 11:51 AM, Soham Chakraborty wrote: Big virtual process address space is the immediate benefit that comes to my mind. In 32 bit systems, 4G is the limitation of process address space. For a new system. go 64 bit. If you don't expect any process to need more than 4G, or you're exp

Re: 32 v 64 bit

2011-12-16 Thread Soham Chakraborty
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > > Am 16.12.2011 20:44, schrieb Fedora User: > > I'm down to a half screen on my Dell laptop. Looks like I'll buy myself > > a new toy - presumably the week between Xmas and New Years day. One > > dumb question: > > > > Assuming supporting a

Re: 32 v 64 bit

2011-12-16 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 16.12.2011 20:44, schrieb Fedora User: > I'm down to a half screen on my Dell laptop. Looks like I'll buy myself > a new toy - presumably the week between Xmas and New Years day. One > dumb question: > > Assuming supporting architecture, can someone quantify the benefit of > the 64-bit distro

32 v 64 bit

2011-12-16 Thread Fedora User
I'm down to a half screen on my Dell laptop. Looks like I'll buy myself a new toy - presumably the week between Xmas and New Years day. One dumb question: Assuming supporting architecture, can someone quantify the benefit of the 64-bit distro? Thanks! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproj