Jeffrey Ross wrote:
Ok, now that FC7 is about to be released shortly I am going to upgrade
from FC6 X86_64 to FC7. My question is, is it worth going with the
x64_86 version? Although I never tried the i386 version on this
hardware I found that I had a lot of grief with internet plugins on
the 64 bit architecture and noticed that everything seemed to treat
the hardware as a dual processor machine (eg no single process would
take more than 50% of the total CPU).
So what's the advantage of using the 64 bit OS anything? I don't run
that many CPU intensive applications, my use consists of the vast
majority of use being internet browsing, email, word processing.
Right now I'm leaning towards the i386 version, any reason not to?
suggestions, comments?
TIA Jeff
Really it all depends on what you want. I run 64-bit exclusively with
Linux, on my laptop and my desktops/servers at home. The browser
plugins are much better now with nspluginwrapper which allows me Youtube
and such in a 64-bit browser with any stability issues that I've seen so
far. Is your hardware a dual core? If so, it will treat it like a Dual
CPU machine (Because is it for the most part) and a single process won't
take more than 50% of both CPUs combined unless it's SMP aware. For me
this is a plus since if I have one rogue process, I still can function
for short periods of time without noticable issues.
However, if all your doing is Internet/WP/email, it really makes no
difference. Hell, even a PII can still do that. Personally, though
video editing/mythTV is much better on 64-bit.
My $0.02
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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
