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Dave
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Bay Area, CA
 
2009-06-05, 10:39

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Originally Posted by BlueApple View Post
So what is the benefit of having a 64-bit kernel?
Your mouse driver can use more than 4GB of RAM?

Seriously, IDK. Seems to me like the kernel should be able to be 16-bit without any issues other than a 2^16 limit on the # of threads, but I'm not an OS engineer.
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