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[BandiPat <penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 30 October 2007, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> * BandiPat <penguin0601@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [10-30-07 11:54]:
>  [...]
>
> > Moving to full 64bit should indeed be a better choice, you would
> > think, yet many of apps & plugins are still 32bit only.
>
> I believe that this is fluff and not fact.  There are a few apps
> which only have 32bit plug-ins for certain capabilities, ie: I still
> run 32bit firefox and plug-ins and 32bit java.  But *everything* else
> on my 10.1 system *is* 64bit.
>
> > It's a vexing question, but for now I'm staying with 32bit.
>
> Your choice! BUT it is not based on your experience, only perception.
>
> --
> Patrick Shanahan  
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True, Patrick, my thoughts are not due to actual experience with 64 bit 
hardware, but certainly it seems that most tests and articles to be 
found confirm no big improvement by using 64 bit presently.  Certainly 
there are some things/apps that will benefit, but for those people that 
use them, they don't care about the rest.  For those people that use 
the whole system for different things like most users, there is no 
added benefit.

As both Randall & Buddy have pointed out, plus others here, the speed 
differences are negligible.  Until the industry decides to move to 64 
bit or Microsoft let's them, we're going to be stuck in a 32bit or less 
world.  There's a fact for you!  :-p

regards,
Lee
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