Promoting i386 version over x86_64?

[King InuYasha]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Ikem Krueger
<ikem.krueger at googlemail.com>wrote:

> > IMHO, the right solution is to make the 64-bit edition the default
> download
> > and to work on making the error message people get when trying to install
> it
> > on a 32-bit machine nicer: "We're sorry, but your computer is too old to
> > install this 64-bit version of Fedora. Please download the legacy 32-bit
> > edition instead."
>
> That would be an aweful first experience. Imagine her thoughts: "Oh. I
> made something wrong.. Maybe it's nothing for me.."
>
> I suggest to let it as it is and check the system (if 64bit or 32bit)
> when it is running.
>
> Maybe then a little popup comes up with something like:
>
> "You're pc could be run faster, if you upgrade this operating system
> to the 64bit version of it. You can download them here if you like:
> [Link]"
>
> Even better would be:
>
> "You're pc could be run faster, if you upgrade this operating system
> to the 64bit version of it. You can do so by clicking here: [Button]"
>
>
>
Except, that could be false advertising. In most cases, where CPU
computation is not used heavily, 64-bit is actually SLOWER than the 32-bit
counterpart. Optimizations are narrowing the gap, but it still remains
true.
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