2008/12/21 Tim Powys-Lybbe <[email protected]>: > In message of 21 Dec, "Alan Pope" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2008/12/21 David King <[email protected]>: >> > I do not see why more people do not use 64-bit operating systems. The >> > CPUs on all new PCs are now 64-bit, so why not have 64-bit OS? >> >> Because (on my laptop) there's zero benefit to running 64-bit version >> of the OS and there are some gotchas with a few things either not >> working or requiring enough faff to get working that it's >> annoying/frustrating/timeconsuming to do it. > > Without measuring anything, 64-bit Ubuntu definitely feels a little > faster than 32-bit. But I agree with the other criticisms of the > present state of some of the offered applications.
You need to measure. I once owned a nice VW Scirocco, that I loved. I was sure it 'felt' faster after I washed it. -- Philip Stubbs -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
