memory and 64 bit processor

[Bryan O'Neal]

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" <bmike1 at gmail.com> 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 <mhgraham at crow202.org> 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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