Re: 64-bit memory consumption

Kostya wrote:
Well, the other side of the coin is that you might add a lot more than 2GB of RAM to a 64-bit system. If you are currently using a 32-bit system with 2GB of RAM that *still* uses the swap file every now and then, you should probably contemplate switching to a 64-bit system with more than 4GB of memory.

Or may be the users will get tired of being constantly forced to upgrade
their hardware so they can run new and greatly improved .NET notepad.

....or maybe the users get tired of their borg implants and switch to Linux or OSX. ;)

Seriously, though, why would a user purchase a Win64 system without packing it with decent amounts of RAM from the start? Even if he did that, he would probably consider upgrading the RAM simply to be able to run more 32-bit processes without having them swapped out all of the time. Hint: It is nice to be able to run four instances each of BDS2006 and VS2005 and actually being able to work with them. ;)
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