On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 04:03:54PM -0700, ALLO (Alfredo Lopez De Leon) wrote: > Hi, > I just got a new Poweredge 1850 (Dual Xeon 3.8 GHz, 2 MB RAM, SCSI) and > I am planning to install on it Fedora Core 4. The question is: Should I > use the i386 version or the x86_EM64T? The Xeons can use either OS > though I don't know if both are native or if one of them is emulated.
I wouldn't use the word emulated. > Thinking about the future, I am leaning towards the 64-bit version, but > I am wondering if I will run into trouble with my applications. Most of > them if not ALL are 32-bit. They should work fine. > Is anybody aware of any potential problems? Is there an associated cost > of running 32-bit applications on 64-bit machines? I use several 64 bit machines without problems, many of my applications are 32 bit. As a bonus when you are 64 bit you get more security (the NX-bit) and more performance (larger registers, and more of them.) -- Bill Broadley Computational Science and Engineering UC Davis _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
