If he has 4GB or more of ram, yes quite a difference.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Michael Havens <bmi...@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 <mhgra...@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. >> -- >> Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress >> There is no Darkness in Eternity >> But only Light too dim for us to see. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen
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