On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:30 PM, Ikem Krueger <ikem.krueger@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Why then should someone prefer 64bit over 32bit?What do the people with 32bit cpus who won't/can't upgrade?
> 4 Reasons:
> 1: Date/Time stamp, Unix time doesn't work in 32-bit past 2038 (not really affecting us much, most of us will replace our PCs long before then)
> 2: Access more than 4GB of RAM (definitely becoming increasingly important)I hope for the apps, not for the system. I don't want to become Linux
the next Vista..
Thanks for the answer. :)
> 3: Enhanced performance-critical computational capabilities (if you do a lot of complex HD photo, HD video, or HD audio work, or if you do a lot of raw complex math on your computer, this is EXTREMELY important)
> 4: Better virtual machine performance