Hi :) Are Cpu cycles to do with multi-core/multi-cpu? If so it's presumably possible for 32bit apps to take advantage. I think it's just a fluke that most of us think that 64bit machines tend to have more than 1 cpu/core and 32bit ones don't. Both technologies became well known around the same time.
Apparently the 4Gb Ram limit is a limit of the OS, not the apps. If the OS can read/write to more ram then i don't think the apps would be restricted. Apparently OSes that are 32bit could read more Ram with a different kernel module. With Gnu&Linux it's possible to swap-in the different module and i kept being told that "it's really easy". Something like the pae-something module. Ram is used more efficiently by OpenSource programs, especially when using quite a few at the same time. My whole system is OpenSource apart from a few fonts and a couple of codecs and i seldom need even 1Gb. Movies and even fairly hefty games seem quite happy. I figure that if bits of my ram detiorate over time then i could always swap the sticks around to use the ones that aren't getting used at the moment. If it feels like LO/OO are bumping into ram issues then it's more likely to be the limits you set (or the default ones) in Tools - Options - Memory If you imagine wires or cables as lanes on a motorway then double the number of lanes can carry double the number of cars. It's just that you don't always need to have that many cars on a section of motorway. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Mas <[email protected]> >To: >Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, 4 November 2012, 5:03 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-) > >On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Jay Lozier <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 11/03/2012 05:14 PM, VA wrote: >> >>> Okay, I'll betray my ignorance. What would be the difference or advantage >>> of running a 64 bit LibO vs. a 32 bit LibO? >>> >>> Virgil >>> >> IMHO, the practical difference is nil for a typical office use. Some large >> databases will require 64 bit because 32 bit is limited to 4 GB. >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- From: James Knott >>> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 4:53 PM >>> To: LibreOffice >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Win64: Scribus too... :-) >>> >>> rost52 wrote: >>> >>>> How many LibO user are having wn64 machines? Or better what is the >>>> percentage of win64 users in the LibO community? >>>> >>> >>> I'm a Linux user, 64 bits of course, but I have one, 1, count 'em, one >>> computer that has 64 bit Windows 7 on it. Then again, there have been >>> 64 bit versions of Linux going back 17 - 18 years and I was running 64 >>> bit Linux for over 5 years, before I had 64 bit Windows. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Jay Lozier >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >Since Libreoffice is a Office product . I don't believe you will see a big >differential in performance as a user . From a programmer view , you can >take advantage of the cpu cycles and memory usage with a 64bit system. > >-- >-- >Masekela Walls >Web Security Analyst | Senior Server Administrator >Powserve.com / Gemini ISP Networks > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
