[ubuntu-uk] Dell Optiplex 740

Rob Beard rob at esdelle.co.uk
Mon Jun 21 07:54:15 BST 2010


On 20/06/10 22:45, Barry Drake wrote:
> Hi there ....
>
> I'm going to try to upgrade my spare Dell Optiplex 740 from Windows to
> Ubuntu 10.04 for my daughter.  First question:  should I go for the 64
> bit iso?  (The machine has an AMD 64 processor).  Also, any thoughts
> from anyone who has experience of the Optiplex 740?
>
> Thanks,		Barry Drake.

It's been a while since I used an Optiplex 740, IIRC pretty much 
everything was supported out of the box.

How much memory has this machine got?  If it's under 4GB I'd say stick 
with the 32-Bit version.

Rob



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