Really? I have only seen that basically anything that runs as a service looks
for 64 bit and then dies (namely Antivirus). In my old shop (yes, it is not
mine anymore) we installed and ran everything as 32 bit with the exception of
antivirus. In the course of 24 months we have never had a conflict where an
application acted badly other then trying to install again a 32 bit antivirus
on WinXP64.
A little more qualification would be nice rather then generalizations,
especially if you have some known bad applications.
Personally I have found very little that would force me to 64 bit
Windows though
the workstation that I have (along with the 6GB of system memory) would
drive me
to. It is not difficult to use the /PAE switch or several others to push the
memory limits around (especially if you have Xeon CPUs).
This box isn't linux yet cause there is too much that I need to convert to a
vmware image before I move it over...
Matthew Lavigne
Preparing to move to NY....
Quoting Jim Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Winders has 64 bit versions. I don't use them because too many apps are
broken.
Jim Ray, President
Neuse River Networks
tel: 919-838-1672
http://www.Neuse.Net
Connecting You to the World since 1997
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Brown
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:10 AM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] AMD vs. Intel
You bring up an interesting point. My neighbor just
purchased a new laptop
that has a 64 bit processor. Can XPee Home even take
advantage of a 64 bit
processor?
She's already fed up with the anti-virus she is using and has
already asked about Linux (after hearing me yap about it for
years now). Hopefully she'll pull the trigger and I can
intall Ubuntu as a social expirement. I'd really like to see
how well a seriously non-techincal person manages with Ubuntu.
On 7/28/06, Kevin Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> That would have to fall in the "that depends" category.
>
>
> What would you be doing with the system, for a laptop, I
see that HP
> now has a Turion 64Bit laptop, interesting if you could
take advantage
> of the processor.
>
> If you are using much CPU to Memory transfer intensive
applications,
> then AMD has the edge, otherwise I don't think that it
matters as much.
>
> What about the other stuff, that says more in many cases.
>
> What disks are available, SATA, or PATA, or SCSI?
> What Video subsystem suits your needs best?
> How much RAM can you get for the system in question?
>
>
> As usual, there's a lot more to the "best" answer,
generally I think
> that if you get a top tier system now it's likely enough for 95% or
> more of folks, unless you're just that kind of geek who
needs to spec
> out every last detail.
>
> Then there's cost.....
>
>
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
> > It was not long ago at all, just last year, that the prevailing
> > opinion of those on Trilug seemed to be that AMD was
leading the way
> > for chip
> design
> > for the foreseeable future. With Intel's latest announcements,
> > along with the Core Duo, I was wondering what the
consensus opinion
> > was these days.
> >
> > If you were going to build a linux desktop or laptop what
processor
> would
> > you pick? Intel, AMD, or something else?
> >
> > 3.... 2..... 1..... FIGHT!!
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