Re: Intel Core2Duo (T7400)

[Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile@starynkevitch.net>]

Jonas Meurer wrote:
> On 06/11/2007 Hartmut Manz wrote:
> > The correct debian port for INTEL Core2Duo is amd64 or i386.
> > If your system has not more than 2 GB of memory installed I would recommend
> > to still use the 32bit Linux (i386), If you have more memory installed use
> > the 64-bit Linux (amd64) 
>
> Do you have any reasons for that suggestion? Which disadvantages does
> the amd64 port have on system with up to 2GB of RAM?

a 64 bits system consume more memory than a 32 bits system for each 
pointer and long (going from 32 bits = 4 bytes to 64 bits = 8 bytes) and 
also have higher alignment requirements.

Rumors say that most processes consume about 30% more RAM

Hence the hint (even if the 2Gb RAM threshold is arbitrary)
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