To 32- or 64 - bit version - this is the question

Since I am trying to install Arch on my laptop, I am unsure whether to download the x64 version. The laptop has a t2310 dual core with 1 GB of RAM. If there will be problems with drivers or certain applications - then, tell me! Otherwise I don't see a particular reason, why would I install a 64-bit OS on the laptop.
Thanks in advance!

I use 64 bit and quite honestly I do not see one iota of a difference. Java is the only thing I can't get working and honestly, with the flexibility of arch, I have found plenty of ways to avoid java. I do not support 'software' that doesn't support 64 bit. U may call it whining, I call it a need for change. A direction we all need to start moving in.
AMD And INTEL have forgotten about 32 bit, its time software vendors did too.

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Is it time...this is the question?
Every 3 or 4 months since the release of Leopard I ask myself this question. I've been using Apple's Tiger operating system since it was released and I've been extremely happy with it and more to the point so has my aging iBook G4. "Circa Mid 2005" I've had almost no problems running Tiger, it's the most stable OS I've ever used and for the most part the only issues that have ever given me grief or frustration has been 3rd party software and plug-ins for Safari. However recently I've started noticing that more and more software developers are not offering OS 10-4 updates and their new software versions will not work on the Tiger OS and/or require an Intel processor. It annoys me when I read about some great new software I'd like to try only to find out it won't work without Leopard.
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Hi Raymon!
The kind of question we are all faced with at some time! Bear in mind that the following are only my opinions, as this is all very subjective!
It annoys me when I read about some great new software I'd like to try only to find out it won't work without Leopard
The main reason why I upgraded to Leopard was to run iLife 9. The other reason was that Leopard is likely to be the final OS upgrade for a PPC Mac.
will upgrading to the Leopard OS give me a better computing experience on an older machine
Define 'better'! I have only run Leopard for 2 weeks but so far, as in Tiger, I have had no crashes of any kind. BTW, updates to Quicktime 7.6 and security update 2009-001 are vital. The real answer depends on the speed of your Mac. Leopard is a bit more resource hungry than Tiger, but I have noticed no changes in operating speed, and certainly no slow downs. Leopard has a lot of eye candy: using all of it uses extra resources, but they can all be switched off! But I like the new versions of iTunes and Front Row.
Was it worth the hassle and after the initial interest in a new operating system wares off would you recommend upgrading?
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The one thing you WILL notice is that repairing permissions on Leopard takes at least half an hour! On Tiger it takes 2 minutes!
Just in case you forgot: check that your Mac meets the minimum specifications for Leopard, and you need a minimum of 1GB of RAM despite what they claim!
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yorkeystyl wrote:
Hi guys! I have a new Macbook Pro purchased from Best Buy yesterday. I had the Geek Squad upgrade the RAM to 8 gigs (They only had PNY brand, I was concerned but went with it anyway). I had them install Boot Camp Windows 7 Ultimate. Today I picked it up and when I started playing with it I learned that they installed the 32 bit version of Win 7 Ultimate instead of the 64 bit version, why, I have NO IDEA.
So, I want to replace the Win 7 installation with the 64 bit version but have read that this can be tricky. What is the proper way to do this? I'm not sure I trust the Geek Squad to do this for me.
I assume I need to reformat the Windows partition, defragment and then install the 64 bit version of Win 7 Ultimate, but am not completely sure. I want to be sure that I do NOT do anything that could affect the Mac side
What do you guys think?
I think you should take it back to the Geeks and tell them what you want, I also think you should backup before you do.
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New mandant or modify the standard, this is the question!

Good morning,
I sincerely hope that someone already has been in this situation, to suggest me the best solution and why this is the best one.
I try to explain my doubts...
We have to create a new firma (new BUKRS 0610) in our HR module where we already have another firma with BUKRS 0120.
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create a new mandant: nothing to modify, 2 separated worlds, best guarantee of integrity data, but a new environment to customize.
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WiFi or not WiFi this is the question

i will try and keep this as short as possible but that could be difficult
over the last 2 years ive had quite a lot of problems with steady 5-6mb dropping to 0.001mb, phone line dying for upto 11 days at a time etc etc
strange thing was that every time i was talking to indian call centre the speed would be normal but as soon as i hung up it would drop to 0.001 again. of course every time i had to go through the same tests and was told there was nothing wrong and i would have to pay for an engineer.
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"oh we dont do any work or wiring in the house and why would you want it anyway as the longer the cable the less speed you will get. best to leave it next to socket".
wasnt happy but went with the flow as he was in such a hurry to leave.
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which option would lose me the most speed.
running a cable up one flight of stairs and having my laptop and sky box plugged straight into the hub.
or running on continuous WiFi with the hub downstairs and me upstairs.
other neighbours including a bt engineer are getting roughly 60-70mb
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today wired downstairs 53.32 down 14.25 up
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thanks in advance for any feedback and sorry once again for the long post.
edit:
image 1 wifi
image 2 wired
image 3 five minutes later wifi

Let it settle for a couple of days and see what you are getting then.
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Win64 Nightly has existed for some time however they are not supported (like the Win32, Mac OSX 32/64-bit and Linux 32/64-bit are) as they are currently more for to catch breakage/regressions. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Supported_build_configurations
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hounddog wrote:
I had a 64 bit and a 32 bit version installed after the first version because there were some tools that I wanted to install that would not install on the 64 bit version. There seem to be 2 different program file directories now: Program Files and Program Files (x86) so I'm assuming that they are for the two different versions of LabVIEW. In the Program Files / National Instruments / LabVIEW 2011 directory there is a LabVIEW.exe file, but in the similar (x86) directory there is no LabVIEW.exe file. It seems like there is no 64 bit LabVIEW version still installed in this computer. When I downloaded the CAN device drivers and installed the package, the sub VIs did not show up in the tool bar when I ran LabVIEW. However, when I look in the (x86) version files I see the CAN folder installed in the 64 bit program files directory! Should I uninstall the current version and reinstall the 64 bit verson to fix this CAN problem, or is there another way to fix this
You got it mixed up here. Microsoft decided that Program Files is always meant to mean the native version, which means that for Windows 64 bit, any 64 Bit applications get installed there. Program Files (x86) is for 32 Bit applications that will run inside the Win32 subsystem in Win64. Most NI Toolkit and driver installers only install into 32 Bit. So if you use LabVIEW 64 Bit you will usually have to copy the files from the Program Files (x86) directory into the according Program Files directory, making sure you maintain the same hierarchy.
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