-----Original Message----- From: Ralf Mardorf Sent: Sat 1/19/2013 19:21 To: debian-u...@lists.debian.or Subject: Re: debian 64 or 32 bit On Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:41:21 +0100, Slavko <li...@slavino.sk> wrote: > Hi, > > Dna Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:36:50 -0600 "Mark Allums" <m...@allums.com> > napísal: > >> > There is one disadvantage, i read about it, that by using the 64bit >> > pointers, the binaries size and memory requirements are on amd64 >> > higher, than on i386. But bigger HDD and more RAM is no problem >> > in these days. >> >> There is a size increase, but not as big as you might think. Your >> memory requirements won't double. For all *new* computers, 64-bit is >> a no-brainer. As everyone is saying, 8 GB is fairly common now for >> desktop machines, and memory access is far more efficient under a >> 64-bit OS on machines with memory larger than 3 GB. > > Sure. I don't wrote that memory or disk requirements are double, but > they are higher.
It's a shame that so much unneeded stuff is sold and especially that users tend to through away still useful gear. 3.7GB are enough for heavy audio productions, I wonder why averaged users need 8GB of RAM, when they only use Firefox and an office suite to write one letter a year. When I bought my 2.1GHz dual-core, fast enough for heavy audio productions too, I liked that the CPU did need half as much watt as my 800MHz single core CPU did consume. Btw. on the same machine there isn't a big difference between 32-bit and 64-bit when doing heavy audio productions or compiling a kernel. I prefer 64-bit Linux, but the difference isn't that big. It's important to get rid of "bottlenecks" on what architecture ever. Btw. when I add a parallel port to my C64 to have faster floppy drive access, nobody imagined that we today go back from parallel to serial ports for modern hard disk drives. There's no valid general assessment about what architecture is the better one. I bet with my professional sound card performance will be better and CPU usage will be less heavy on a "week" computer, than for a "powerful" machine with an onboard audio device. Important are the bottlenecks regarding to the usage. All general claims are nothing, but blah-blah. 2 Cents, Ralf -- No good deed ever goes unpunished. Einer guten Tat folgt die Strafe auf dem Fuße!
