Not really faster. What 64bit does is it allows the system to address
more memory. What that means in practical terms is that 32bit is
restricted to slightly less than 4GB of memory (RAM). 64bit
theoretically can address way more than that. One article I read says
that AMD64 actually has a 48bit addressing structure and Intel has a
42bit structure so neither can access the theoretical maximum.
What this means in practical terms is that 32bit systems are limited to
4GB of memory and 64bit systems generally max out at 128GB.
Memory is where things happen but the processor (CPU), the motherboard
and the software all have to be written to take advantage of that. A lot
of software is still not able to take advantage of the multicore
processors or the extra memory.
In practical terms, most of today's systems are 64bit. I would recommend
that you use 64bit OS and equip your system with 8GB of RAM. That should
do you well for anything that is likely to come down the pike.
Tom
On 6/2/2016 9:26 AM, Scott scottro@nyc.rr.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 02:40:37PM +0200, 'highskywhy@yahoo.de'
> highskywhy@yahoo.de [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:
>> Is it a question of speed? regards sophie
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> It depends upon what you're doing, but generally, 64 bit should be faster.
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> Scott Robbins
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