02-07-2008, 02:22 AM
I purchased 8GB of RAM for my Linux box at work. I was giddy as I loaded up all that RAM. I fired up the computer expecting it to be blazing fast. It was a bit faster, but not what I expected. I looked at the specs and found that it was only recognizing 3GB. Why? I installed the 32bit version of Ubuntu instead of the 64bit version D'oh! Now I'm stuck with either 4GB of wasted RAM, or I need to wipe out the drive, re-install Ubuntu using the 64bit version and pray that all of my apps have 64bit versions. That sucks. I think that I'll try the 64bit version eventually, but I may just be content with 1 GB more than I had for awhile. I suspect that in the next year most programmers will be making the leap to all 64bit versions. it is getting difficult to purchase a 32bit computer anymore. What a waste though.