[K12OSN] Is anyone else using 64 bit clients?
Almquist Burke
burke at thealmquists.net
Wed Sep 2 16:24:15 UTC 2009
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On Sep 2, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Phydeaux wrote:
> At 10:47 AM 09/02/09, Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote:
>> Is there any reason why running 64-bit clients with 32-bit
>> software is "sub-optimal"? Remember that the applications
>> (OpenOffice.org, etc.) are running on the server, not the client.
>
> The fact that the USB stuff doesn't work is a poor reason to force
> the clients
> to use 32 bit software. I was hoping to get local apps working on
> the clients
> as part of this. True, it doesn't matter for most things but I'd
> like to be able
> to take advantage of what we've got.
>
Unless your client's are going to run local applications that use
each use A LOT (like over 2GB) of memory, there isn't any benefit to
going 64 bit at all.
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