[Novalug] 32-bit || 64-bit
David Lerner
lerner-dave@zai.com
Wed May 16 22:32:31 EDT 2007
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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