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On 5/21/2012 11:34 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote:Do you know of one 32-bit executable that is 4 GB in size? Just one? OK, how about 3 GB? No. What about 2 GB or 1 GB? Oh so it's not really relevant. Well have you considered the following: "Anyway I think I'm done with this topic"? I didn't think so.IMHO it's the thinking of "Well hell we have tons of memory/disk/whatever. Why don't we waste it?"
I assure you, the move to 64-bit executables is not the reason Chrome and your 3 JVMs are running you out of RAM.
Consider a 32-bit executable that is 4 GB in size.
I've had 6-16 GB in all my desktop machines for years now.Wonderful...ly also irrelevant.
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