In message of 21 Dec, "Philip Stubbs" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. Can you recommend a speedometer? -- Tim powys-lybbe [email protected] For a miscellany of bygones: http://powys.org/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
