Re: Intel Atom Processor
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> No, this depends on the application (and "usually" doesn't mean very
> much because applications will depend on what the machine is used
> for). And some people would completely disagree with you, e.g.:
>
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_32_pae&num=1
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> There's another point is favor of amd64: floating-point arithmetic.
> As SSE is used by default on amd64, FP arithmetic is much cleaner
> there in practice.
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whilst that is true, for a desktop box, 64bit causes more problems
than it is worth i've found, especially with things like Flash.
kelly
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