Gone back to 32-bit

Gone back to 32-bit

Posted Sep 13, 2006 8:55 UTC (Wed) by alspnost (subscriber, #2763)
Parent article: What you should (and shouldn't) expect from 64-bit Linux (Linux.com)

I ran an AMD64 system for a year or so, and very nice it was. But it *was* indeed more hassle as well, and I've now gone back to 32-bit again. Well, I had to as my new machine is a laptop with a Core Duo chip, so no 64-bit support!

Overall, during the benchmarks I ran with the 64-bit machine, I honestly found almost zero discernable difference betwee 64/32-bit. There were some exceptions - for a good example, try the OpenSSL crypto benchmarks, which speed up by 3x in 64-bit mode - but nothing that really made a real-life difference. It kind of felt "cool" to be running 64-bit though.

But I've not found any disadvantages in going back to 32-bit. What makes a hell of a difference is dual core - now *that* is seriously worth having, and makes me enjoy my dual 32-bit system much more than my single 64-bit one. Two 32s really do equal more than 64 after all :-)

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