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

2012-08-14 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 6:18 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: What a pity though -- you just don't get 1400x1050 laptops anymore these days (or any 4:3 laptops for that matter). I also have a 1400x1050 (15-inch screen) laptop and I think this resolution and screen size are hitting

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

2012-08-13 Thread 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

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

2012-08-13 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM, Frank Steinmetzger war...@gmx.de wrote: 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

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

2012-08-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
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

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

2012-08-13 Thread 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

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

2012-08-13 Thread 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

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

2012-08-13 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 02:23:25AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: 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

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

2012-08-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Dienstag, 14. August 2012, 02:39:44 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger: On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 02:23:25AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: so all in all you got performance improvements you had to spend several hundred of dollars for just through recompiling. Should give you food