On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Steve/WM5Z wrote:
Since my desktop PC died the other day, I am wanting a new PC. The laptop is
OK to get my mail and stuff, but not to good to use for everyday hamming
computing.
My question is, does the Intel duo processor still use the i686 version of
Linux or will I need to get the 64 bit version?
Finally one I can answer!
I have a core 2 duo at work, with two 22" wide-screen LCD's (yea, I
know, I'm spoiled there).
I started out with OpenSuSE-11.0 32-bit on it, but switched it to
64-bit a couple of weeks ago. It feels about twice as fast now, and
it was a fast machine to begin with.
One downside is that the apps tend to use about twice as much memory
as they used to, even Xastir, so make sure you have enough memory.
I have 4GB on that machine and that seems to be enough for a lot of
programs at once.
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