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1 posted on 10/09/2002 7:26:52 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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2 posted on 10/09/2002 7:28:05 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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Can someone give a layman a practical explanation as to why 64-bit is such an advantage?

It seems to me that 32-bit address space is sufficient at least for desktop computing. And it also seems like they have a lot of engineering to do to have software take advantage.

But I'm quite open minded.

8 posted on 10/11/2002 6:58:12 PM PDT by Illbay
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