Why x32 Ubuntu 8.04 and not x64

[Brian McKee]

On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Basil V. Fitze <basilf at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am concerned when I bought a Dell inspiron 1525  I  expected  64  bit
> software, but I got 32 bit I feel cheated, will Dell be providing a upgrade
> in the future or is Dell like most  other Laptop makers are going cheep on
> the software my Acer Laptop is a dual core x64 system yet is also being
> short changed, why?

Just a guess - but didn't Dell include a few items not in the standard
distro like Fluendo codecs and a DVD player?  My guess is that those
items were available 32 bit only.

Don't feel cheated, almost all your software will work identically on
32 bits.  Some only runs under 32 bits.   If you'd got Windows on it -
you would have got 32 bit... 64 bit Ubuntu is available for free if
you are so inclined.

Brian