64 bit info

[Karl F. Larsen]

J wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 14:59, Karl F. Larsen <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>        Yes and my computer was doing little since top was a major
>> CPU user...but I was surprised to see it was happy with the
>> old 2 GB RAM.
>>
>>        I will be getting 4 GB more RAM in a few days. It is 2 sticks
>> of 2GB each. So I will experiment with this 9.10 64bit and see
>> if I can determine what improves.
> 
> FWIW, many 32 bit kernels these days come with PAE enabled that will
> allow a 32 bit system to address up to 16GB (maybe up to 32) but IIRC
> they are still limited by a 3.6GB page size.
> 
> Good luck with your extra ram.  I really need to get a system above
> 2GB at home.  I'm spoiled by the 512GB systems I test on at work :-)
> 
> 73 de Jeff
> W4KDH
> 

	Hi Jeff I did a little Google search for RAM, and Newegg was 
cheapest because they do not charge for shipping and the price 
is good. Their shipping is the slow way but I do not care. 
Check it out.

73 Karl


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