[LAU] OT: 64 vs 32 bit?

Josh Lawrence hardbop200 at gmail.com
Mon Sep 27 20:56:51 UTC 2010


On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Fritz Meissner
<meissner.fritz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, you can install the 32 bit version. From what I have heard, the
> performance difference is not significant, but the major benefit of 64
> bit is being able to address more than 4 GB of memory, which is the
> limit of what a 32 bit OS can use.

Fritz - thank you, turns out 4 GB of RAM is all I have, so this
limitation doesn't apply to me at the moment.  Good to know.

Thanks again,

Josh


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