[ale] 64-bit vs 32-bit?

[Greg Freemyer]

Pete,

I think the 2 biggest negatives with 64-bit are:

- uses more ram

- adobe flash for 64-bit is not yet released.  I think they're years
late.  Who knows when it will finally come.  Tomorrow?  5 years from
now?

The biggest pro is that 32-bit can only see 3.5 GB of ram at a time,
so some apps feel limited. (This is a per app limitation only).  But
few standard desktop apps need that much ram.

Greg
Greg

On 3/31/11, Pete Hardie <pete.hardie at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I've finally got a machine at home that has a 64-bit processor, and
> was wondering about the cost/benefit ration of running Fedora 14 at
> 64-bit.
> What are the pros/cons of this?  I'm only aware of certain issues with
> specific programs (Firefox, frrex) having different bugs in the 64-bit
> version than the 32-bit.
>
> TIA,
>
>
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