Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Computer question(NFC)

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At 10:36 PM 12/17/2008 -0500, jim wrote:

Main use will be for home apps like Quicken, Excel, otherwise I'll use it to
edit pictures, digital camcorder files, etc...

I guess I don't really understand the difference/benefits of a 64bit os vs.
32bit os...

  Simple - a 32 bit OS can address a total of 2^32 = 4294967296 bytes or 

4GB of memory

  Because of original design considerations - you cannot have ALL of that 4GB.

  The most you can get is 3GB - usually less.

  (long story - it's one of those "it's just that way"s)

  A 64 bit OS can address a total of 2^64 = 17179869184 GB of RAM

  (we call this a "shit-ton of memory" ;)

  So if you need or will use more than 2GB of ram - you go 64 bit

  Jim

Re: Computer question(NFC)	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Jim Conforti (lndshrkxmission.com)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:36:28 -0800 (PST)