Question from a 64-bit newbie (perhaps)

[Carl Friis-Hansen]

Peter N Spotts wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I've just ordered a Dell laptop with 8.04 installed; my trusty
> six-year-old Toshiba is headed for a leisurely retirement with
> less rigorous demands from my ham radio gear.
> 
> The processor on the new machine is the Intel Core 2 Duo. Dumb question:
> Am I heading into 64-bit land? I've plugged the chip name into Dr.
> Google and have come up with conflicting answers (perhaps because some
> sites were old and, at the time, uninformed).
> 
> I will be upgrading to 8.10 once the laptop arrives. I want to be sure
> I download the correct ISO.

64 bit
see:
http://download.intel.com/products/processor/core2duo/desktop_prod_brief.pdf

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