[K12OSN] Is anyone else using 64 bit clients?

[Almquist Burke]

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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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