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These are 23" but have a lot of pixels for the money:
Dell SP2309W
Acer B233HU bmidhz

Both are 2048x1152 and under $250....

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qed netbooks...

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older Atom's can't run 64-bit either.

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I think it's been there for a while....

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As you said yourself, it's just simple hearsay....

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For regular desktop users, yes.


There are exceptions, but most of those people already know they will benefit from 64-bit.
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You might run the `nvidia-settings` program under sudo...

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I'm on 1024x768 and I have no idea what you're talking about.

Oh the FP... yeah it is a smidge wide.


^- works though

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output of `xrandr` please?

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Lol at trying to drag me into the vertical scaling.

SSI != hardware
cores != sockets

What's the largest number of...

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And no, the SSI is a layer that runs on top of an existing Linux kernel on a smaller machine.
So there are not even any 1024 socket machines. The...

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When a $300 Walmart desktop comes with >32 CPUs or 6GB+ of RAM, I will change my recommendation. For now I just tell people to do 32-bit PAE.
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I'll try my best impersonation of you: But you can't get x86 or SPARC hardware with more than 256 sockets. This means Linux doesn't scale well! :P...

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Uh what are you smoking? One UltraSPARC T3 will be 128 CPUs by itself.
You can already boot an M9K with all 512 cores in one domain, in fact, somebody...

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I don't recommend 64-bit for daily desktop usage either....