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On Wed, 2011-06-15 at 21:09 +0100, Simon Waters wrote: > On 15/06/11 20:50, Grant Sewell wrote: > > > > I will (hopefully... if I get a good opportunity to do so) soon be > > wiping my laptop clean and installing a fresh Debian on there. Last > > time I looked at 64bit vs 32bit with any seriousness it seemed that > > although 64bit could (in theory) provide an edge over 32bit systems if > > your hardware spec was sufficient (ie it really wasn't worth it if you > > had 4GB of RAM or less), and certainly if you ran a "desktop" system > > you were in for a fair bit of hassle getting everything "just right". > > > > That was, however, quite a while ago. > > I think there may be a marginal edge with 64bit OS with less RAM for > some tasks, but it depends on the precise details of the task. Basically > things that are CPU intensive, but not hugely dependent on CPU cache. Be > interesting to see how the chess programs benchmark... > > > So, my question to you all is this: For a laptop that will not be > > running as a server of any kind but as a "desktop", with 2GB of RAM, is > > it (yet) worth going for a 64bit Debian Testing install, or would I > > (still) be better going for a 32bit? > > I think most of the rough edges (like getting Flash installed) have been > dealt with now on the 64bit version, so I don't think there is any > particular downside to using AMD64. > > Can you try both? > I agree both ! if you have the time -- Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Eleven Years in the Making! www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq