Re: memory and 64 bit processor

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Author: Michael Havens
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: memory and 64 bit processor
My dad got an NUC for XBMC. Will there be any noticeable difference between
running the 32 or 64 bit versions?

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Matt Graham <> wrote:

> 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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