[rescue] OS X is certified UNIX

[Brian Wheeler]

On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 10:09 -0500, Brian Deloria wrote:
> There's XP "WoW" and XP64.  My understanding is that until you exceed the
> 4GB barrier of memory utilization there is no cost benefit but rather a loss
> in performance, or at least so sayeth the Unigraphics guys.
> 

The numbers I've seen on non-windows machines show better performance in
64-bit mode over 32-bit.  Having 8 extra registers makes the code
happier.

Brian


> On 6/14/07, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Devin Ganger wrote:
> > > On 6/13/07 5:26 PM, "Phil Stracchino" <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> I've heard it said what w2K3 Server actually performs better for gaming
> > >> than W2K.  Can anyone else corroborate or refute this?
> > >
> > > It's true, at least in my experience -- depending on the game, of
> > course.
> > > For the most part, W2K3 just flat performs better than W2K.
> >
> > What about XP Pro x64?  It's based on the W2K3 code-base, not the XP
> > code-base.  Although the 64-bit support might make it a bit less
> > memory-efficient.
> >
> > Peace...  Sridhar
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