Re: Debian AMD64

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 01/09/09 15:15, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On 01/09/09 11:41, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > > Koh Choon Lin wrote:
> > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 08:40:48PM +0800, Umarzuki Mochlis wrote:
> > > > > > > > I just got my Compaq laptop CQ40-115AU and I want to install Lenny
> > > > > > > > AMD64. What's the different if I use AMD64 instead of i386. My main
> > > > > > > > use of laptop is for word processing and virtualization.
> > > > Would a 32bit OS on 64bit system be at least 50% faster than a 32
> > > > bitOS on 32bit system? I assume the fastest setup would be a 64bit OS
> > > > on 64bit system.
> > > Let's rephrase this with a visual.  Would a two-track railroad allow
> > > trains to run at least 50% faster than a one-track railroad?
> > That is an invalid analogy, not least because railroads already *are*
> > dual-rail.  Except in Disney{land,world}.
>
> Please read for comprehension, I clearly said "track," which is commonly
> accepted to be two rails joined by ties laid on some form of ballast.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_tracks

Your  example even is plural, indicating that singular must be 
"track", which is how I used it.

Anyway...  Two pairs of those things that trains run on is still a 
bad analogy to 32- vs 64-bit analogy.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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