On 4/11/07, John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: > > John Summerfield wrote: > >> What benefits do you see to a 64 OS on the desktop? > >> > > > > You probably won't keep bumping into things that still accidentally have > > a 2 gig file size limit like you do with 32 bit linux (even though it > > hasn't been necessary for years). And your clock will keep working past > > 2038. > > > > Please, let Leonardo say what _he_ thinks important. It's his computer. > > As for the 2 Gbyte filesize, I know just one program with the problem. > > > -- > > Cheers > John Better performance. And I want to run other systems inside VMware - including 64-bits guests. So x86_64 might bring some benefits - or some more headache.