Aioanei Rares wrote: > On 11/03/2009 09:38 AM, Jatin K wrote: >> Dear all >> >> I've purchased a new Dell laptop Vostro 1520, major configuration[1] >> , My question is should I go for FC 11 64bit version ? is there any >> significant benefit if I use 64bit version ? >> >> >> [1] >> Model :- Dell Vostro 1520 P-series >> >> Processor:- Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53 P8700 1066Mhz FSB ( Intel VT >> enabled ) >> >> RAM :- 3GB DDR2 800Mhz >> >> Graphics :- Mobile Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator X4500M > Yes, you should go for 64-bit if your hardware supports it, because > only a 64-bit kernel will use that hardware at its full capacities. > Google is your friend. > It will not make all that much of a difference on a laptop with 3GB of RAM. The real questioin these days is "why should I not run 64-bit?" according to this ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368607 ) article which is a very good treatise on 32/64-bit. Some software is simply not supported on 64-bit, and takes a lot of work to get functioning. Having only 3GB of RAM, you do not *need* 64-bit, and you will not benefit from the larger addressable space. I would go 32-bit with that particular computer, but that is only a personal preference. I use 32-bit operating systems (Linux and Windows 7) on my laptop and 64-bit on my tower, simply because the laptop only has 4GB (3372MB usable but not a big deal to me) and the tower has 8GB (and runs 3D rendering software frequently). Cheers, -- Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
