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In praise of 64-bit systems WAS Re: Do we actually need XP support?
- Subject: In praise of 64-bit systems WAS Re: Do we actually need XP support?
- From: Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:23:52 +0000
but many of us prefer 64-bit
systems
Kari's point is important. We do need 64-bit host systems because
32-bit systems confine us to a maximum of 4GB of usable memory. Nowadays,
you need more than that just to run a modern browser efficiently. (Partly
due to the independent process/crash-proof model of IE, Chrome,
post-Chrome Opera.) If the host system is never going to run anything but
XyWrite, then OK, we don't need 64 bits. But to run any other
contemporary app, you really do need the latest and greatest.