32 or 64??

[Kenneth Loafman]

Steve wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:56:10 -0000, anubis <darthanubis at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 13:44 -0500, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
>>>> I'll be installing on an HP G71-340US with 4GB RAM.  It came with
>>>> 64-bit Windows 7 installed.
>>> So running a 32-bit OS, you won't be able to use all those 4GB, but a
>>> bit less (say 3,5GB).
>>> But again, keep in mind applications running in 64-bit mode uses more
>>> memory, so you won't gain a lot here.
>>>
>>> If you want to, install a 64-bit system, if you want to be absolutly
>>> on the safe side go for a 32-bit OS.
>>> Most likely you won't regret any of those choices.
>>>
>>> - Clemens
>>>
>> Please stop with this FUD.
>>
> What FUD?

Probably not using all 4GB of memory.  The 32-bit desktop version only
recognizes 3.5GB, so you lose .5GB.  To fix it, just install the server
kernel after you've loaded the desktop.

The only thing that hacks me off about the 64-bit version is that in C,
the change should have been made to a 64-bit integer instead of 32-bit.
 If you want to have arrays larger than 32-bit, you have to segment
them.  Guess it was not considered important on these toy computers anyway.

...Ken