Why 64 bit??

[shogun]

@Syna: No problem with that, I just feel it's too soon and causing problems right now with no benefits right now for 99% office users.

Too soon? 64bit processors have been out for YEARS! If office users are having problems, then they can use 32bit OS's. I quite frankly think it's a little pathetic of the hardware manufacturers not to be shipping 32 and 64bit drivers. I started using 64bit with my old AMD and windows XP x64 (what a mistake that OS was - again, because no manufacturers built any drivers for it). There's been a lot of time between then and now for them to catch up. Thankfully a lot of them are catching on these days.

 

[bin3]

64bit can do more in a single instruction than 32bit. That is false! .

If this is a reference to my posting, I think you misunderstood: More memory can be worked with during a single clock cycle; Never said 64bit uses less instructions or anything in that line.

Those pointers and memory addresses have expanded in size. It takes up more memory and the memory management becomes slower because of the larger numbers

Only if you use constant time access: O Log N is still O Log N ...

As a programmer I can tell you that the only types of applications that require such large blocks are for example, encryption, compression, etc. algorithms that work with blocks for the purpose of compressing or encrypting

Also as a programmer, I can honestly say any application can benefit from 64bit depending on how you use the system.

In a normal development day I have 6-8 Chrome sessions open, a few Firefox windows, Eclipse, MySQL running in the background, Skype, MSN, etc, etc. Never mind debugging multiple threads ...

With a single application I totally agree with you, but we are not talking about servers here are we? Desktops benefit just as much.

When last did you support an user who didn't install every single application they could find, having a taskbar consisting of 22 gazillion icons, etc, etc. Sure, you could train them on the effect, or you can get them to go to 64bit and get off your back.

Just my opinion, anyway ...

 

[Gnome]

Only if you use constant time access: O Log N is still O Log N

True, but N is larger..

Also as a programmer, I can honestly say any application can benefit from 64bit depending on how you use the system.

In a normal development day I have 6-8 Chrome sessions open, a few Firefox windows, Eclipse, MySQL running in the background, Skype, MSN, etc, etc. Never mind debugging multiple threads ...

With a single application I totally agree with you, but we are not talking about servers here are we? Desktops benefit just as much.

When last did you support an user who didn't install every single application they could find, having a taskbar consisting of 22 gazillion icons, etc, etc. Sure, you could train them on the effect, or you can get them to go to 64bit and get off your back.

Just my opinion, anyway ...

Oh I agree totally that more memory is important