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rahul8590
August 14th, 2011, 11:12 AM
I have a Sony Vaio laptop core i5 2.3 Ghz processor .
Firstly , i know its prudent to install 64bit OS in my laptop , but will 32bit ubuntu also run in my system ?

Secondly , when i try to download the 64 bit OS , it shows amd64. Is the ubuntu64bit common for both amd and intel machines ?

haqking
August 14th, 2011, 11:55 AM
I have a Sony Vaio laptop core i5 2.3 Ghz processor .
Firstly , i know its prudent to install 64bit OS in my laptop , but will 32bit ubuntu also run in my system ?

Secondly , when i try to download the 64 bit OS , it shows amd64. Is the ubuntu64bit common for both amd and intel machines ?

Yes it will run 32 bit
amd64 is the term used for x64 even on Intel

They like to confuse people

se here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64