On 6 Jun 2005, at 8:00, Tim Lomas wrote: > For information, I am running OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 very happily on Windows XP > Home running on an AMD 64 ... installed from the standard Windows binary.
My understanding is that the Athlon 64 runs as a 32-bit processor when the operating system is Windows, unless you have the beta of XP64 or Longhorn. Ditto if you are using a 32-bit distro of Linux. However, there is a 64-bit Linux that you can install instead right now. So, as a generalization, until Windows is 64-bit, there is no point to a 64- bit port of OpenOffice.org/Windows. Linux users might be able to benefit today, however. And having said that, an office suite does not tax the CPU very much anyway. Perhaps if you are doing some serious number crunching in Calc or doing lengthy database sorts you might see some advantages, but for writing a letter, it just wouldn't make much difference. To improve performance the OpenOffice.org people would be better advised to concentrate on fixing the current bottlenecks. For example, Microsoft Office is so hooked into the operating system that when you launch Word it appears on screen almost instantly. When I launch Writer it takes several seconds, even using Quickstarter. But if I reccall correctly, some of those issues are already being addressed in the upcoming 2.0 release. And I am far from an expert on these issues. I am sure if my understanding is flawed someone will point it out. :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
