On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:02:51 +0530 "Puneeth Chaganti" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > > 1. Will there be too much difference (performance), in setup A and setup B > I tried a dual boot of setup A and setup B. I didn't notice much > difference between the two setups, My experience was similar, though the comparison was far from rigorous. Given the better support for 32-bit applications, I would suggest staying with a 32-bit system, unless one needs to do serious number crunching. > but I found setup B used a lot more > RAM (& swap) than setup A, while running the same applications. I > haven't been able to figure out the reasons, for it though. [...] That is to be expected, as your variables are now larger, e.g., a default int in C is now 64 bits, instead of 32. What you gain is speed, and the space addressable in your programs. Regards, Gora -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
