On 5/12/2010 2:53 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > I'd go with an i386 install unless you have more than 3GB of RAM, in > which case I'd go with an amd64 install (or an i386 with a 686-bigmem > kernel). The 64-bit vs 32-bit argument is multi-faceted. It gets much deeper than just addressing more than 3GB of RAM: * twice the transfer width on the bus * no memory split issues * increased virtual address space * more breathing room for mmap()'d files * deeper nested system calls with increased stability * certain applications and operations will execute faster If you have the hardware, you should definitely be running a 64-bit operating system, even if you don't have 4GB+ of RAM. -- . O . O . O . . O O . . . O . . . O . O O O . O . O O . . O O O O . O . . O O O O . O O O
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