What does "full performance" mean? 64-bit Office is not inherently faster than 32-bit Office, all else being equal.
general_re wrote:
What does "full performance" mean? 64-bit Office is not inherently faster than 32-bit Office, all else being equal.
--Here is what they say: "64-bit processing chips, which can access bigger chunks of memory and move data around faster than 32-bit chips"
It means Word documents can get even bigger. ;)
Game players are buying AMD 64s because right now, AMD is faster on games. Intel is faster on some important professional apps. For ordinary users it's a toss-up.
But if I wanted a computer that will be ready for the world three years from now, I'd go with the AMD 64. Not more expensive than Intel. Among other things, 64 bit chips have built in protection against overflow errors that are the gateway for a lot of viruses.