[Novalug] 32-bit || 64-bit

[Subba Rao]

Thank you for replying.  I guess I will stay with the 32-bit version of the OS.  What was confusing about this was the confusing details of the processor name the interpretation by the tech support person.

I knew that 64-bit had the capability of larger address space (memory) which is really suitable for the heavy duty servers (gaming or business).  If 32-bit OS runs on a 64-bit processor, I guess I will stay with that for now.

Thank you once again.

Regards,

Subbarao


David Lerner <lerner-dave at zai.com> wrote: The Core 2 Duo processors do support 64-bit operating systems. However,
it is a mistake to use a 64-bit system unless you need to run
applications that access more than 4 GB of memory. You are inviting lots
of problems and you may not get any benefit.

Use SuSE if you do go with 64-bit because they provide libraries that
also support 32-bit applications. SuSE will install 32-bit browsers by
default. You will need this if you want to run Java or Flash plugins.
Other distributions make it very difficult to run a mix of 32-bit and
64-bit applications.

Dave

Subba Rao wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I purchased a laptop (used) with the following processor on it:
> 
> Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB)
> 
> The system had 32-bit Vista on it.  Now I want to install Linux on
> it.  I don't know the big difference in performance of a 32-bit vs
> 64-bit OS.  What I know is that you could have more acres of memory
> on 64-bit system.
> 
> Before I download Linux, is this processor a 32-bit OR 64-bit
> processor?  The tech support (Dell) person says that Intel processors
> (for laptops) have 64-bit emulator....blah, blah, blah.  Like I am
> not confused enough by now...:-)
> 
> If there is any hardware geek (positive compliment) here, could you
> please enlighten the absolute mortals about the processors?
> Particularly the one I have now.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Subbarao
> 
> 
> 
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