32 bit vs 64 bit

[Ric Moore]

On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 21:44 -0400, William Biggs wrote:
> I have a 64 bit computer should I install the 64 bit 10.2 ?

Depends on how much memory. It's not worth the bother, IMHO, if less
than 4 gigs of memory is available. It seemed to run slightly slower for
me, on my Athlon64 with 2 gigs of memory, and I went back to 32bit. 

Heh, I remember when people drove for miles to come to my house to see
an Apple ][- with 64k of memory and a floppy drive. Now my 2 gigs is a
pittance and the Athlon64-3200 is almost an antique. But, if you plan on
adding more memory, then I'd say go for it, after reading a few more
replies to get a general consensus. :) Ric

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