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I'm going to be mainly using it for browsing, movies, music, work, and also some Wine gaming.
If it matters, it also has an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.4GHz and an ATI HD5770 1GB.
Also, I don't plan on upgrading anytime soon...
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Performance-wise it doesn't really matter if you're not doing any heavy lifting on a daily basis.
If you can use all your apps while 64-bit, go 64.
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You are aware of the lack of 64-bit flash?
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You are aware of the lack of 64-bit flash?
Not really actually... So, 64-bit users can't use Flash at all? Can't they just install the 32-bit version and be done with it?
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cedeel wrote:You are aware of the lack of 64-bit flash?
Not really actually... So, 64-bit users can't use Flash at all? Can't they just install the 32-bit version and be done with it?
As I said, if you don't *know* you're fine with 64-bit, stay 32-bit. You're doing no code-breaking, no video editing, plan no hardware upgrades - 64-bit won't speed things up.
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I got a 64 bit laptop in jan 2009. That's when I decided to switch to 64. All I can say is that (a) my laptop does everything I want (b) it was easy to make the switch, things are improving and I expect that to continue. Conclusion: go with 64.
However, I have not done any benchmarks to compare 32 vs 64. I doubt I'd notice any subjective difference. I also keep a partition with a "frugal" install of puppy linux and this is way faster day-to-day (loading apps) than any traditionally installed distro.
My main problem could well be something you may encounter: ATI GRAPHICS I use fglrx day-to-day because my laptop operates at a lower temp so I'm hoping to give it a longer life with less fan noise. BUT I get HD video tearing so I have a separate arch partition for video using the radeon driver which works just fine.
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I did not mean to say it's impossible.
There are ways to have flash on 64bits, but I thought you should know that it isn't as straightforward as on i686.
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There are a huge number of threads discussing this. Search the forums to get more answers.
Closing this to prevent further duplication...
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
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