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The main problem with 64 bit is that too many people take the lazy way out, so there aren't enough voices yelling loud enough for better upstream support. Even installing flash isn't an issue, thanks to the wiki pages. I've put Arch64 on a 1.8GHz Celeron M laptop with 512MB ram and have had absolutely zero problems. I personally think that the potential advantages outweigh the potential disadvantages.
#INTEL CORE 2 DUO E4600 32 OR 64 INSTALL#
The conclusion: I should install 64-bit OS. Do I really need to care about it? Isn't it the JVM's and Python's developers' problem? (Or, perhaps, I'm missing the point here?)ġ) Since there is no noticable performance improvement of 64-bit OS over 32-bit one, using 32-bit OS is recommended (lower memory consumption).Ģ) Since my machine has 2 GB RAM, and it will be upgraded to 4 GB in 1-2 years, 64-bit OS is recommended. I use Java and Python, cross-platform languages. But I'm not a "hardware guy", so I wanted to make myself sure.Īd.2) I'm a developer, but my target is desktop. Here are 3 situations I would not recommand a 64 bit system :ġ - You think your system will be faster than a 32 bit one.Ģ - You do not know what a 64 bit system is against a 32 bit system and its consequences on programming stuffsģ - You do not want to bother with recompiling stuffs or change some software you use because they do not support 64 bit.Īd.1) I don't think so I didn't think so. Here are 3 situations I would recommand a 64 bit system :ģ - You have a specific need which justify the 64 bit (special software, research, advanced use such as cluster.
More ever a 64 bit system consumes more memory than a 32 bit one (the binaries are bigger). This mean that I am using an i686 build under the core2duo (圆4) whithout any problem.Īll the people I know using a 64 bit architecture did not notice a real performance improvement which could justify to change your 32 bit system to a 64 bit system. so my only option really is Vista 64-bit which as of the time of this writing, it's Vista's launch party here.I have just changed my whole hardware (but the hard disks) from PIV to Intel Core2Duo, and I had almost nothing to do, thanks to Arch :-) Turned out, Intel do not sell Intel Core 2 Duo 32-bit here in the Philippines and Microsoft isn't selling WinXP Pro 64-bit here.
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My second question is should I upgrade to Vista 64-bit now or wait a little longer for the drivers to get updated to 64-bit? Coz I don't want to end up with a PC with o 64-bit drivers.įinally, correct me if I'm wrong, if I'm using a 64-bit OS like Vista, I won't be able to run DOS applications anymore right? Unless I use a DOS-shell app? My first question then is, will WinXP Pro 32-bit take advantage of the 64-bit features? I understand from a preliminary research, I won't be able to use the memory block thingy, but are there any other 64-bit features that I can use? I bought last month a new PC, it is an Intel Core 2 Duo 64-bit - the retailer didn't even told me its 64-bit, coz he said that there are no 32-bit Core 2 Duo here in the Philippines.īut since Vista wasn't released then, I opted to get WinXP Pro, and since I don't know that my PC's a 64-bit, I ended up with a WinXP Pro 32-bit.