Memory size in 9.04

[Richard]

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009 23:22:37 +0200
Vincent Trouilliez <vincent.trouilliez at modulonet.fr> wrote:

> literally 50% of my memory, arf ! So I will have to switch to 64
> bit... but not anytime soon. 64 bits desktop systems are a can of
> worms, I will switch to it maybe in 15 years, once they have become
> as wide spread and tested (on the Desktop, ie), and become the
> default for all new software, like 32 bit has. Until then... I will
> stay with my 3.2GB, it's enough for my needs as of today.

Fine. However, as you imply, it really does depend on the user's needs,
and for many users (like me) 64 bit is perfectly useable, and is far
from being 'a can of worms'.  I'm not aware of having any problems that
switching to 32 bit would solve, but then I only need a certain subset
of the available facilities. Maybe there are others that don't work,
but people needn't hold back from trying 64 bit: maybe they don't need
these either.

- Richard.