Dan Kegel wrote: > Why is it that people run 64 bit operating systems on their desktops? 99% of them would be happier with 32 bit OS's. > Shrug. > - Dan 64-bit processors? Refusal to live in the past? 100% of other Linux apps working fine in 64-bit? Ability to address all of memory in one segment? Find myself in the 1%? I can't exactly settle on one answer. :p Sure, I *know* you can come up with a lot of reasons running 32-bit is "better" (or at least, easier for developers and average users), and even show that performance improvements for straight-64-bit are minimal in 'normal' use. But, the people running 64-bit desktops are helping the developers find problems, and make the apps "bit-agnostic". That in itself has to be worth something.
