32-bit versus 64-bitAs the number of bits increases there are two important benefits.
More bits means that data can be processed in larger chunks which also means more accurately. More bits means our system can point to or address a larger number of locations in physical memory. 32-bit systems were once desired because they could address (point to) 4 Gigabytes (GB) of memory in one go. Some modern applications require more than 4 GB of memory to complete their tasks so 64-bit systems are now becoming more attractive because they can potentially address up to 4 billion times that many locations. Since 1995, when Windows 95 was introduced with support for 32-bit applications, most of the software and operating system code has been 32-bit compatible. Here is the problem, while most of the software available today is 32-bit, the processors we buy are almost all 64-bit. -- Recoveryone Slim Device Transporter wirelessly connected Pioneer Elite VSX-81TX 2nd SqueezeBox 3 Wirelessly connected (Bedroom) Pioneer VSX 520K 3rd SqueezeBox 3 Wirelessly connected (MediaRoom) Pioneer VSX 510 Server (In garage) 4th Squeezebox 3 Wirelessly running on P4 3.0 GHz 2 gig ram Windows XP (Sp3) Linksys NIC wireless card w/HG anatana/speed boost 350 Xternal gigHD W/1.5 TB backup Verizon 54g wireless router w/HG antana ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recoveryone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9205 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92960 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
