RE: [MLUG] Dell To Offer Ubuntu

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 1 May 2007, Fallert, Adam Christian wrote:

> Well, if your son is using the computer mostly for gaming then he 
> probably is getting worth out of it.  Of course that also depends on 
> what games your son plays.  Right now it is mostly the FPSs that get the 
> most out of XP 64.  There is typically a clear distinction of texture 
> quality between 32 and 64 bit.  Of course it also helps to have a game 
> that is made for 64 bit or at least has a 64 bit patch.

Or maybe XP x64 is worse when the program was not written for 64 bit and 
there is no patch, but better when the program was written for 64 bit and 
or there is a patch (installed).  That would make perfect sense to me and 
it would reconcile Adam's claim (above) with Shawn's claim (below).

I'll have to ask my son if any of his games are like that.  I think they 
might all be 32-bit games.

Mike


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> On Tue, 1 May 2007, shawn parker wrote:
>
> > i ran xp64 for a while and performance on applications varied. i had
> > some games that were "supported" and ran poorly. windows xp itself was
>
> > very good. fast, responsive, installed and booted quickly.
> >
> > also, a lot of software installed in legacy 32bit mode. some wouldn't
> > even install under that.
>
>
> This makes me think that my son would have been way better off if we
> hadn't listened to the tech guy who sold us the computer.  He thought it
>
> would be fine to use XP Pro x64, but that was just not good advice.  My
> son really wanted his games to be fast and I'll bet he was not getting
> what he paid for during this past 1.5 years of use because of XP x64.
> That one guy screwed us up in a lot of ways with his bad advice --
> delivered very confidently, I might add.  It wasn't just about the OS.
>
> Mike
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