Re: How many people actaully take advantage of their 64bit processor?
Originally Posted by
Mateo
so, what are the advantages anyways. I don't want to buy a 64 bit because i think you have to have different software (don't understand why), and there is not nearly as much software.
64bit processors are the same architecture as 32 bit, but with extra capabilities added on. Just as an i686, i486, etc. processor runs i386 Ubuntu, so does x86_64 (amd64). It also has the capability to run x86_64.
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