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Arny Krueger
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Re: WinXP 32 or 64 with Adobe and other gfx software?
"Liam" <news@celticbear.com> wrote in message
news:eb8d2262-9bc7-4b11-8842-511c4db85819@i24g2000prf.googlegroups.com
> As I understand, XP 32bit doesn't handle 4GB RAM very
> well (or at all).
It's only partially a software or XP problem, as hardware (mainly the
motherboard) determines how efficiently > 3 GB of RAM is used. There is a
64 bit version of XP.
I've seen systems that exploit up to 3.6 GB of the installed 4 GB of RAM.
While any loss represents less than ideal operation, losing only 10% is
pretty easy to excuse.
> But I also understand if we use XP 64
> bit we'd have to get whole new software for the OS.
Worse yet, there are still driver and application program issues.
A lot of software is still 32 bit, and is therefore stuck with many if not
all of the limitations of the 32 bit environment.
A 32 bit program running on a machine running in 64 bit mode and OS is
running in some sort of simulation mode. There are reports that the
simulations are not always perfect.
I see two indicators for moving to a true 64 bit OS:
(1) Availability of 64 bit application programs like Premiere.
(2) Widespread use of say 8 GB of RAM or more.
Right now most people are just moving to 4 GB. In a couple of years, there
will be a lot more interest in running 8 GB.
"Liam" <news@celticbear.com> wrote in message
news:eb8d2262-9bc7-4b11-8842-511c4db85819@i24g2000prf.googlegroups.com
> As I understand, XP 32bit doesn't handle 4GB RAM very
> well (or at all).
It's only partially a software or XP problem, as hardware (mainly the
motherboard) determines how efficiently > 3 GB of RAM is used. There is a
64 bit version of XP.
I've seen systems that exploit up to 3.6 GB of the installed 4 GB of RAM.
While any loss represents less than ideal operation, losing only 10% is
pretty easy to excuse.
> But I also understand if we use XP 64
> bit we'd have to get whole new software for the OS.
Worse yet, there are still driver and application program issues.
A lot of software is still 32 bit, and is therefore stuck with many if not
all of the limitations of the 32 bit environment.
A 32 bit program running on a machine running in 64 bit mode and OS is
running in some sort of simulation mode. There are reports that the
simulations are not always perfect.
I see two indicators for moving to a true 64 bit OS:
(1) Availability of 64 bit application programs like Premiere.
(2) Widespread use of say 8 GB of RAM or more.
Right now most people are just moving to 4 GB. In a couple of years, there
will be a lot more interest in running 8 GB.