[DUG] to Vista 64bit or not?

[Sean Cross]

In my case, the difference between 3 and 4 gb is huge.  All my development is in vms, so it makes a big difference in how much memory I can allocate to a vm, and how may I can have running.  I am using laptops, so much as I would like 8gb, it is non trivial to arrange.  Ymmv.

For the general public, 80% won't notice a difference between 32 and 64.  However as developers, we use more processor and memory than most (except for gamers and video editors).  If you are planning on upgrading your memory in the near future, 64 is probably a good idea.  IMHO 64 bit should be the default choice unless you have a compelling reason to stay with 32.

Regards

Sean Cross
CIO
Catalyst Risk Management

From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On Behalf Of Jolyon Smith
Sent: Friday, 7 August 2009 10:27 a.m.
To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'
Subject: Re: [DUG] to Vista 64bit or not?

The real question though is how much benefit you actually got from that extra 0.5 - 1GB ?

I'm guessing not much.  Not really.  But if you've got a system equipped with 6GB or 8GB... at that point 64-bit makes perfect sense (and if you're the sort of user that is loading a 4GB system so heavily that the extra 0.5-1GB *does* make a difference, you're probably the sort of user that would like 6-8GB of RAM anyway and you've already long since moved on to 64-bit).

But at 4GB I really don't think there's much in it, so whilst there may not be a specific reason to use 32-bit, there's also no great compelling reason to use 64-bit either, and a few *potential* reasons not to (lack of 64-bit support for XYZ, where XYZ varies from individual to individual) potential complications when running (some) 32-bit software etc etc.

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