Re: memory and 64 bit processor

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Author: Matt Graham
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Subject: Re: memory and 64 bit processor
Brian Cluff wrote:
> Michael Havens wrote:
>> What is the minimum amount of memory needed to run 64bit stuff?
> 64bit systems have virtually identical memory requirements to 32bit
> systems.


64-bit executables are slightly larger and have a bigger memory
footprint than 32-bit executables. The differences will be tough to
notice unless you've got less than 512M of RAM. I had no problems
running 64-bit distros years ago on a machine with 1G of RAM, but that
was before KDE 4 and insane firefox bloat. 64-bit and 4G RAM works just
fine. You'll probably be OK with 2G and maybe even 1G.
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