On Friday 09 January 2009, Paul Johnson wrote: > Koh Choon Lin wrote: > ...
> > > > Would a 32bit OS on 64bit system be at least 50% faster than a 32 > > bitOS on 32bit system? I assume the fastest setup would be a 64bit > > OS on 64bit system. > > Let's rephrase this with a visual. Would a two-track railroad allow > trains to run at least 50% faster than a one-track railroad? It would (on average) if one track were dedicated to an express that ran twice as fast as the first one. :-) Perhaps more to the point, it could transport twice as many passengers while moving at the same speed. -Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Christopher Judd, Ph. D. | | Research Scientist III | | NYS Dept. of Health j...@wadsworth.org | | Wadsworth Center - ESP | | P. O. Box 509 518 486-7829 | | Albany, NY 12201-0509 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
