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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: memory and 64 bit processor
thsnks guys and gals

:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:46 AM, Bryan O'Neal <
> wrote:

> If you are under 256MB run 32 bit.
> From 512MB to 2GB it doesn't matter
> 4GB and above you need to be running 64 bit
> On Jan 30, 2014 10:05 AM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
>
>> 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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