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September 12th, 2009, 09:44 AM
#1
Junior Member
Ubuntu 32bit VS 64bit
Hi all,
I currently use Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit on my laptop. It is the first version that has allowed me to use my wireless internet dongle, so I finally got rid of Windows. YAY! My laptop has 2 gb of RAM, and a basic intel video chip, so the Ubuntu runs okay, but slightly slow.
At the end of the year, I want to get a reasonably beefy desktop pc, and am considering Ubuntu 64 bit. What are peoples experiences with it? Any other thoughts/ideas would be appreciated. Thankyou
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September 12th, 2009, 09:56 AM
#2
Junior Member
Originally Posted by kevomate66
Hi all,
I currently use Ubuntu 9.04 32 bit on my laptop. It is the first version that has allowed me to use my wireless internet dongle, so I finally got rid of Windows. YAY! My laptop has 2 gb of RAM, and a basic intel video chip, so the Ubuntu runs okay, but slightly slow.
At the end of the year, I want to get a reasonably beefy desktop pc, and am considering Ubuntu 64 bit. What are peoples experiences with it? Any other thoughts/ideas would be appreciated. Thankyou
When you beef up your system give Debian 64 a try.. you'll feel worth it!
BTW whether your system is 32 or 64-bit it doesn't actually matter at all, unless your doing any specific operations!
files have places but the processes have life!
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September 12th, 2009, 10:59 AM
#3
Junior Member
Cool
I will consider Debian. Thanks for the response.
Also when I get the beefy desktop, I want to play Games.
If I run Windows 7 under VirtualBox, provided I give the virtual machine suitable
resource allocation, will games run as well as a 'normal' Windows installation?
Thanks
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September 12th, 2009, 11:11 PM
#4
Unless your new machine has more then 4GB of memory stick to 32 bit.
Contrary to popular belief a 64 bit OS is only marginally faster then 32 bit. The only benefit is being able to address more then 4GB of memory without resorting to things like PAE.
Oliver's Law:
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
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