On Monday 14 May 2007 20:23, Pueblo Native wrote:
> it seems that almost everybody I've talked to has advised me not to
> go with the 64 bit version of OpenSuse because there really is no
> speed advantage (if that's not good advice I'd like to hear
> otherwise).  So then, if there is no speed advantage, what's the
> point in even having a 64 bit processor right now?

Addressing large virtual address spaces and / or installing large 
amounts of physical RAM.

If you don't need one or both of these things, it's just overhead 
without payback.


Randall Schulz
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