Cheers Dave, i guess i'm ok with just 4gb -------------------------------------------------- From: "Dave Watts" <[email protected]> Sent: 04 August 2010 15:46 To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: SOT: Best CF development laptop
> >> And don't settle for less than 8gbs of RAM. 64 bit software has >> a tendency to eat up RAM >> >> news to me :0) is it not that just that 64bit tech has the ability to >> fully >> access 4gb of ram at the one time (If the os needs access to it) rather >> than >> eats it up. >> >> Anyone care to explain this one to me? i'm about to buy a new laptop and >> would appreciate some advice > > A 64-bit OS can address more than 4 GB RAM. 32-bit OSs generally can't. > > To oversimplify things a bit, numeric data types in a 64-bit OS are > larger (64-bit vs 32-bit) to take advantage of the increase in > register size. So, storing the same information in a 64-bit OS takes > more memory than it does in a 32-bit OS. But, this is outweighed by > the ability to address more memory in the first place. So, for > example, on a 32-bit OS a JVM can't really address more than 1.5 GB > RAM (if even that), but on a 64-bit OS a JVM can address significantly > more RAM so it doesn't really matter that it needs more memory in the > first place. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
