Ubuntu 9.10- 32 or 64bit

[Defiant Rat]

Hi, Im planning on installing 9.10 on my laptop, but dont know which version to install. Currently im dual booting Vista and OpenSUSE 11.1, both 32 bit. I think my processor supports 64 bit, so will installing the 64 bit version give me better performance? What are the advantages?

My Laptop specs are:
Model- Toshiba Satellite L300D
System Type- X86-based PC
Processor- AMD Turion(tm) X2 Dual-Core Mobile RM-70, 2000
Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
Installed Physical Memory (RAM)- 3.00 GB

Thanks for your help, cant wait to start using it :D

[lemmyg]

I've been using ubuntu desktop 64, works perfectly. I recommend it.
Good luck.

[lukeiamyourfather]

I'd download and install the 64-bit if the processor can use it, but technically speaking you don't need it because the system has less than 4GB of memory. Either one will work. Cheers!

[clear_runway]

what about if your processor is an intel core-2 duo? the name of the file says "amd64", so i'm worried if it will support it

[lukeiamyourfather]

what about if your processor is an intel core-2 duo? the name of the file says "amd64", so i'm worried if it will support it

AMD64 is referring to the architecture not the actual processor. Intel processors that are 64-bit use the AMD64 architecture, also known as x86-64.

[gjoellee]

Some additional info: AMD was to make the 64 bit architecture, but I think they should rename to Ubuntu x86_64, instead of Ubuntu amd64. It is making people asking so many questions!