64 bit vs 32 bit

[St0rmW1nd]

You might want to run a virtual PC on linux?

[Extasey]

I can't find the orgional post, but there was something about a new "Y2K" type bug.
When the time string reaches the max it can get to on a 32-bit system, the time just stops, goes to the smallest it can possibly be (a very large minus number) or the system breaks.

It was actually quite funny, and i wish i could find it! there was a certain date and time the system would reach and fault at. I set it to that time on a MAC and the time got stuck on 11:25 and could not be changed! it was very strange!
Apparently windows systems just stop and freeze, whilst Linux operating systems go back to the 1980's!

[D3N]

That has nothing to do with a 32 bit or 64 bit systems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem

2^32 = 4 294 967 296 , and you are talking about puny digits like 1999.

[Psycho]

I use 64-bit for more memory, and I figure someday 8gb+ memory will be more practical.

[Gone]

I use 64-bit for more memory, and I figure someday 8gb+ memory will be more practical.

You can get more then 4 on 32. Klaus Knopper wrote how to in Linux Pro Magazine.

You might want to run a virtual PC on linux?

Doesn't give me the performance i need. And then i need to update a lot of hardware.

[Supremacy]

I would recommend to use 64 bit

Since almost every program that are created today supports 64bit. everytime i'm downloading a program i can see there is download for both x86 and x64 so 64 bit is not that inhibited.

But atleast Games are just Suberb to play on 64 bit atleast games that are 2005 and newer. think most of the games got support for x64 by that time

atleast for windows didn't notice that this were at the linux forums -.-

[g4143]

Here's the deal. If you download and install 64 bit Linux on a 64 bit Intel/AMD box then you should be able to run both 32 and 64 bit software on the host 64 bit machine. If you down load and install 32 bit Linux on a 32 or 64 bit machine then you can only run 32 bit software...

Also a 32 bit box can and does support more than 4 GB of memory if you install the correct kernel - "PAE kernel" where PAE = physical address extensions allows the kernel to address past the 4 GB boundary...that is if the motherboard will support +4GB....G4143