[aklug] Re: 32 vs 64 bit

On Sat, 23 Oct 2010, Mike Tibor wrote:

> This is funny. With the exception of my old Alphas which I ditched quite
> awhile ago, 32 bit single core processors define my home network. :-) I
> actually can't imagine wasting the money on a multi-core or 64 bit box
> when everything I can even dream of running runs just fine on a 32 bit
> single core box.
>
> Do I like 64 bit OS's? Of course--I have lots of serious big iron at
> work and I enjoy working with it. Do I need anything like that at home?
> Not even remotely.

I don't know, my favorite computer at home is 64-bit, with two processors,
and even then it doesn't quite feel like it's enough all the time. Of
course, the processors are clocked at a screaming 250MHz, but the amount of
thermal energy wafting off those MIPS processors make the den cozy. And
it still does better OpenGL better than any Intel machine ten years younger.

Long live SGI... er... long live Rackable Systems... uh... oh, that's right,
they killed off MIPS/IRIX development. Screw it. I'll be in the den,
living in the past...

         --Arthur Corliss
           Live Free or Die
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Received on Sat Oct 23 11:49:28 2010