Should i upgrade to 64bit 7 and ubuntu? I dont know much about what i'll gain from it?

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kishhh April 29, 2010

Should i upgrade to 64bit 7 and ubuntu? I dont know much about what i'll gain from it?

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Eddie 2010-04-29 16:14:03

I am sure someone can give you a real technical answer, but basically if you have more than 3gbs of RAM you should be using 64bit so you can actually take advantage of that ram! If you have 3 or less...meh I say, unless you a really itching to re-install your OS ;P

Also maybe this can help you: lifehacker.com/5431284/the-lifehacker-guide-to-64+...

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kishhh 2010-04-29 16:24:21

Well ubuntu 10.4 just got released so im planing on doing a fresh install with that and windows been playing up lately so i thought i might aswell clean that up aswell while im at it

Eddie 2010-04-29 16:27:49

Ah well... My situation is: my laptop is getting the upgrade to 10.04 tonight or tomorrow. It is capable of running a 64bit OS but with 2gbs of RAM I am just going to install the 32bit because I dont want to deal with any issues that might crop up. If it was windows...Id go 64 bit, but as a relative linux noob I dont want to add more issues where I dont need to ;P

kishhh 2010-04-29 16:30:50

Ye, im not to bad with linux as i use it pretty much everyday at uni. Ah well, i put an extra gig of ram in to bring me up to 4 and then i ride 64bits like everyone else :-)

Eddie 2010-04-29 16:31:52

Do it big buddy haha.

frankspin 2010-04-29 17:38:01

You really don't gain a lot from running 64Bit other than full utilization of 4Gb vs 4GB - video card ram. Honestly though in Linux you REALLY wont see the difference and probably wont ever come across an instance where you would need it.

In the terms of windows I would just ride out the 32bit, there is still some minor software compatibility issues with smaller programs.

kishhh 2010-04-29 17:44:36

i think i might just try it on windows. most the programs i use have a 64bit version.......i think

kylehase 2010-04-29 23:03:57

I'm still hesitant to use 64bit Ubuntu mainly for Flash compatability even though Ubuntu's help page says "most issues have now been resolved".
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/32bit_and_64bit

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simranjit 2011-06-01 08:36:07

go for x64 in windows ubuntu is best in 32 bit though it only uses 3gb of ram in it which actually is enough for ubuntu

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LANjackal 2010-04-30 11:10:20

x64 is your best option. Period. No reason to use anything else, especially since 64-bit drivers are widely available for Windows 7

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dilengert 2011-05-23 14:42:30

Well if your computer has more then 3 Gs of Ram yes you should absolutely upgrade to a 64 bit OS. i can only speak for win 7 as i have never used the 32 bit Ubuntu but i can say that you will gain a considerable performance boost fir win 7 over the 32 bit configuration. and since win 7 64 also comes with 32 bit compatibility (for some apps) you don't have much to loss on the win side, and loads to gain

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