whether my system is 32 bit o 64 bit?

[Avi Greenbury]

Hakan Koseoglu wrote:

> On 30 October 2011 08:48, Linux Tyro <ubuntu.bkn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The output has one of the lines as follows:
> > 'model name    : Intel(R) Pentium(R)  CPU       E5200  @ 2.50GHz'
> > and it was written that E5200 was 64 bit, but as confirmed by the
> > command ('i686'), now its 32 bit.
> Your CPU (and PC) is capable of using an 64 bit OS but for whatever
> reason, you have chosen to install the 32 bit version in the past. For
> a number of years, there are really no good reasons to do this (even
> though various people claim it to be otherwise).
> 

It's also worth noting that, generally, there's no compelling reason to
switch to 64 bit for general purpose computing. There's likely to be
*some* speed increase in some tasks, but likely not all that
noticeable, and you gain the ability to give processes more than 2GB of
ram.

It can be a good deal of work (it requires a reinstall) for not much in
the way of tangible benefit.

-- 
Avi