Well I for one agree, if you're going to get so much RAM , get a 64 bit CPU and install the x64 version. There's really no need for PAE in my opinion.
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Miklos Vajna <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 02:29:39PM +0200, Miklos Vajna > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here are mines against it: >> >> - it's slow >> - it affects systems where PAE is not needed >> - show me a system with 4G of RAM whose CPU is not 64bit-capable > > Erm, I wanted to add some reference. For example: > > http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1008015/linus-torvalds-itanium-threw-x86 > > "the only real major failure of the x86 is the PAE crud" > > It's an old article, but I think it still stands. Let's not do the "PAE > crud" without double thinking. > > _______________________________________________ > Frugalware-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-devel > > _______________________________________________ Frugalware-devel mailing list [email protected] http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-devel
