<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><span>64-bit is microscopically faster than 32-bit, for machines with lots of RAM.<br><br>A mebibyte (MiB) is 1048576 ( 1024 * 1024 bytes ).</span><div><span>A megabyte (MB) is technically 1000000 bytes.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>But old guys like me remember when a megabyte was what we now call a mebibyte, and what we now call a megabyte was called a "marketing megabyte".<br><br><span name="x"></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3volution.<span name="x"></span><br></span><br><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">You should run the 64bit if you have an i3. 64bit on that arch will give advantages over 32bit.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Chris Tubutis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ctubutis@yahoo.com" target="_blank">ctubutis@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif"><div><span>Mb = Megabit</span></div>
<div><br><span></span></div><div><span>MB = Megabyte</span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"> <div style="font-family:Courier New,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
<div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Charles W Downing <<a href="mailto:chuckdowning@earthlink.net" target="_blank">chuckdowning@earthlink.net</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org" target="_blank">clue@cluedenver.org</a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:39 PM<div class="im">
<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [clue] Ubuntu 10.04
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And there is the difference between Mb, which is 1,000,000 bytes, and <br>Mib, which is 1,024,000 bytes.<br><br> </div></div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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