On Wednesday April 8 2009, HG wrote:
Thanks for all the comments. I'm still waiting for some delayed hardware and haven't been able to start with this.
Just as an advice: Do not install a 64bits system with a minimal RAM configuration. If possible, install at least 1GB. Prefer 2GB if you can afford it.
I got couple of mentions of this. The board supports 2Gb of memory and that is quite cheap. However, I really do not quite understand why not to install 64-bit OS on 64-bit CPU (I think Atom 330 is 64-bit, but haven't checked yet). Is 64-bit systems still unmatured? Or why?
This comes up periodically. I'll restate my personal "conventional wisdom:" Don't use a 64-bit installation unless you have a demonstrated need for it. That means you have applications that require a virtual address space that cannot be accommodated in a 32-bit programming model. If you have only 2GB of physical RAM, you better not have a need for 64-bit addressing, 'cause all that really exploiting is likely to do is give your swap devices one hell of a workout.
-- HG.
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