[ale] 64bit or 32bit

[james.sumners at gmail.com (James Sumners)]

That depends on what you want to do with it. Will you be doing heavy
database work? 64-bit. Just about everything else? 32-bit.

64-bit applications use more RAM than their 32-bit counterparts due to
the fact that pointers are larger on 64-bit platforms. So if you are
worried about RAM usage you will likely want to use the 32-bit distro.

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for some insight on whether I'll get any performance gain by
> installing 64bit RHEL verses 32bit. ?This is my Macbook Pro. ?It has 2g
> of memory.
>
> I'm assuming no performance gain, but no loss either?
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey



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