Would this work well?

[jperez]

Hey all,

I'm looking to get a new laptop with the money I'll be getting from my financial aid for school. Since my classes will all be online and I tend to go places, a laptop will serve me well, mostly with the built-in wireless.

My question is, though, that the laptop I'm looking to get has an AMD Turion 64-bit X2 Dual-Core 1.6Ghz Processor with 1GB of RAM. I'm also looking to use Kubuntu, seeing as it has not let me down yet, and wanted to know if any KDE or native Linux apps take advantage of the 64-bit and Dual-Core processing power.

I know it will run a hell of a lot faster than my current box, being an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2Ghz, but my concern was really with the full use of it's two cores and the 64-bit power behind the processor.

I know there is a 64-bit version of Kubuntu, but like I said, I was concerned if the dual-core was too much for using simple KDE apps with Compiz-Fusion installed.

Anyway, I hope to get a good answer soon, seeing as my awards should be coming in after the weekend. Thanks guys for any replies I get!

Jesse~

[Thelasko]

I know there is a 64-bit version of Kubuntu, but like I said, I was concerned if the dual-core was too much for using simple KDE apps with Compiz-Fusion installed.

Why would it be too much? Is there such a thing?

I guess you are asking is if you will see the increased performance in web browsing with 64-bit? The answer is no. Firefox is available in 64-bit but the performance increase is not much. Flash is only available in 32-bit so there won't be a difference there. However, you shouldn't let that hold you back from getting this system. You will see a performance increase in other areas. Particularly multitasking, if you have quite a bit of RAM (>1GB).

Compiz-Fusion performance really depends on the video card and not your processor.

Could your money be better spent on other things? Probably.

[crjackson]

Why would it be too much? Is there such a thing?

I guess you are asking is if you will see the increased performance in web browsing with 64-bit? The answer is no. Firefox is available in 64-bit but the performance increase is not much. Flash is only available in 32-bit so there won't be a difference there. However, you shouldn't let that hold you back from getting this system. You will see a performance increase in other areas. Particularly multitasking, if you have quite a bit of RAM (>1GB).

Compiz-Fusion performance really depends on the video card and not your processor.

Could your money be better spent on other things? Probably.

32-bit flash will work fine under 64-bit, please point that out when you tell people 64-bit flash is not available.

[Thelasko]

Sorry, crjackson's correct.

[crjackson]

Hey all,

I'm looking to get a new laptop with the money I'll be getting from my financial aid for school. Since my classes will all be online and I tend to go places, a laptop will serve me well, mostly with the built-in wireless.

My question is, though, that the laptop I'm looking to get has an AMD Turion 64-bit X2 Dual-Core 1.6Ghz Processor with 1GB of RAM. I'm also looking to use Kubuntu, seeing as it has not let me down yet, and wanted to know if any KDE or native Linux apps take advantage of the 64-bit and Dual-Core processing power.

I know it will run a hell of a lot faster than my current box, being an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 2Ghz, but my concern was really with the full use of it's two cores and the 64-bit power behind the processor.

I know there is a 64-bit version of Kubuntu, but like I said, I was concerned if the dual-core was too much for using simple KDE apps with Compiz-Fusion installed.

Anyway, I hope to get a good answer soon, seeing as my awards should be coming in after the weekend. Thanks guys for any replies I get!

Jesse~

It will work out just fine. Most if not all the apps. in the 32-bit repository are also available from the 64-bit repositories.

I wouldn't expect big speed gains over the xp2400 processor unless it's memory constrained and has a really poor subsystem (slow HD's, God Aweful Video, etc...). It's nice to have 2 cores, but the clock speed plays a huge role also. 1.6Ghz is still 1.6Ghz. For most things you won't see a speed up. You may see that it doesn't slow down when multi-tasking. That is the major score for multi-cores...