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32Bit or 64Bit? How long will they last as the most used? Take your best guess
Deozaan:
End users don't need 64 bit yet.
-Tuxman (December 09, 2009, 04:22 PM)
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We need it for our massive amounts of RAM! :P
Tuxman:
Ah, yes, 8 GB RAM. 6 of those will never be used anyway, but who cares ... ;D
Eóin:
I like my OS being able to manage 8gb, even if most my apps are still 32bit :)
CodeTRUCKER:
I like my OS being able to manage 8gb, even if most my apps are still 32bit :)
-Eóin (December 09, 2009, 05:02 PM)
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At least two things are constant.
* You can never have too much RAM.
* You can never have too much disk space.
Maybe we ought to make it a triad...
* You can never have too much speed! Vaaaarrroooommm!
f0dder:
End users don't need 64 bit yet. Never seen a home user having to work with files of that size.
(So most things he does is whinging in boards "why does my application not start in 64 bit mode?" ...)
-Tuxman (December 09, 2009, 04:22 PM)
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You don't need a 64bit CPU to handle huge files - it just makes it easier to do so with memory-mapped files. There's home users authoring their own BluRay discs...
Ah, yes, 8 GB RAM. 6 of those will never be used anyway, but who cares ... ;D
-Tuxman (December 09, 2009, 04:25 PM)
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Oh really? Depends on how many applications you run. Also, on a 64bit OS, 32bit applications (the ones marked large-address aware) can utilize full 4GB of memory, WoW64 doesn't have the 2:2/3:1 memory split that 32bit Windows has.
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