Question from a 64-bit newbie (perhaps)

[Albert Charron]

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.
>
> Thanks for any light you can shed...
>
> With best regards,
>
> Pete
>
>   
The processor is 64bits. Now, will the OS be 64bits? That's another 
question. If the machine doesn't have more than 4Gb of RAM, it will 
probably be 32bits. Even with Windows, most Dell's come with 32 bits OS 
preinstalled... There's no problem at all running a 32bits OS on 64bits 
hardware (except if you need more than 4Gb of RAM)...

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