On 11/05/2013 05:27 PM, jonathon wrote: > On 11/05/2013 11:26 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> Why do you think you need a 64bit version? > Because one is running a 64 bit operating system. > > jonathon
Yes, I am running several 64-bit Windows systems, but do you really need to run a 64-bit office package? If I was going to do a lot of "number crunching" I would look into a 64-bit package. But just because you have a 64-bit Windows OS does not mean you need to have all your packages be 64-bit - i.e. compiled to 64-bit and can only run on 64-bit. I had a guy give me a 64-bit XP OS. He originally wanted to have his system all run 64-bit Windows OSs if the processors were 64-bit. Have you ever tried to run a 64-bit XP system? Worse than Vista. So just because you have 64-bit, does not mean you need a 64-bit package for all your computing needs. The next thing people will insist on is LO being designed to run on all 2, 4, 6, or even 8 cores of the CPU at the same time to make it even faster. Or a version that is compiled to work best on Win7 vs. XP or Vista. It is bad enough that some packages I have will run on Win7 Professional and not Win7 Home Pre.. Seriously though, I bet if you looked at all of the software that you install on your 64-bit Windows system, there maybe a lot of them that are only 32-bit. Many of the drivers may even be 32-bit. That is the good thing about OSs. They should be able to run both 32-bit and 64-bit packages on their 64-bit versions of the OS. What are you doing with LO that requires the heavier processing power of a dedicated 64-bit package over a "standard" 32-bit package? I do not know of anything I would need it for. -- To unsubscribe 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
