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Would there be any great advantage in going to a 64 bit system as long as my
machine is 64 bit compatible?

In news:KJadnelqIPkJIL3ZRVn-,
dbixby spewed forth:
> Would there be any great advantage in going to a 64 bit system as
> long as my machine is 64 bit compatible?

From what I've read, not really. I've installed XP Home on two 64 bit
systems recently, and they run excellent.

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God and I didn't.

On 2006-03-22, Toolman Tim <> wrote:
> In news:KJadnelqIPkJIL3ZRVn-,
> dbixby spewed forth:
>> Would there be any great advantage in going to a 64 bit system as
>> long as my machine is 64 bit compatible?
>
> From what I've read, not really. I've installed XP Home on two 64 bit
> systems recently, and they run excellent.

What have YOU read? XP Home is only running in 32 bit mode.

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 21:59:32 -0500, dbixby wrote:

> Would there be any great advantage in going to a 64 bit system as long as my
> machine is 64 bit compatible?

No.
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In news:,
Jimchip spewed forth:
> On 2006-03-22, Toolman Tim <> wrote:
>> In news:KJadnelqIPkJIL3ZRVn-,
>> dbixby spewed forth:
>>> Would there be any great advantage in going to a 64 bit system as
>>> long as my machine is 64 bit compatible?
>>
>> From what I've read, not really. I've installed XP Home on two 64 bit
>> systems recently, and they run excellent.
>
> What have YOU read? XP Home is only running in 32 bit mode.

Quite. But until there are 64 bit APPS out there, it makes no significant
difference.

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My wife and I divorced over religious differences. She thought she was
God and I didn't.

On 2006-03-23, Toolman Tim <> wrote:
> In news:,
> Jimchip spewed forth:
>> On 2006-03-22, Toolman Tim <> wrote:
>>> In news:KJadnelqIPkJIL3ZRVn-,
>>> dbixby spewed forth:
>>>> Would there be any great advantage in going to a 64 bit system as
>>>> long as my machine is 64 bit compatible?
>>>
>>> From what I've read, not really. I've installed XP Home on two 64 bit
>>> systems recently, and they run excellent.
>>
>> What have YOU read? XP Home is only running in 32 bit mode.
>
> Quite. But until there are 64 bit APPS out there, it makes no significant
> difference.
http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/
but I understand what you are saying for the Windows side. I think one can
download the Microsoft 64 bit beta for free from MS...I don't know what beta
apps might be lurking around.

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