wow. are you mad? yea, i have a better idea than your lame analogy. goto -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64-bit#32_vs_64_bit .
On Nov 28, 2007 11:02 PM, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Nov 28, 2007 3:12 PM, franz A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > wow, that's really lame analogy.. you should post that in 64bit > > computing for dummies forums .. > > > The OP said that he's ignorant when it comes to hardware so that's why the > simple analogy, if you have a better idea then let him know! Put your money > where your mouth is! > > > > > > > On Nov 27, 2007 3:57 PM, jan gestre < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > On Nov 26, 2007 9:45 PM, Danny Ching < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, Linux Users! > > > > > > > > I'm a software guy, so pardon my ignorance in hardware. > > > > > > > > I know that 64bit can access more memory, and that 64bit is supposed > > > to make > > > > multimedia processing faster. My question is: What advantage does 64 > > > bit > > > > CPU's like the Intel Core 2 Duos, or AMD x2's have over vanilla 32 > > > bit CPU's > > > > (if both have say 2GB of RAM)? Will there be a noticeable difference > > > if all > > > > I do is browse, and use office apps? How about gimp (does it have to > > > be an > > > > extremely large project to be able to notice the difference)? > > > > > > > for analogy purposes, imagine the car as human, 64bit machine as a 4 > > > lane road and a 32bit machine as a 2 lane road, having more lanes > > > doesn't necessarily mean the car can go faster, right? It will still > > > depend on the car on how fast it can go. 32bit machines are going to > > > be obsolete sooner or later so if I were you I'll go for the 64bit > > > machine, but that's just me. :) > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://jangestre.wordpress.com > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > -- > http://jangestre.wordpress.com > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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