hello, this is not really directly related to accessibility but perhaps may be a problem as such. I have a machine with intel core2 duo (sentrino ) t5500 processor with 1.6 ghz/2 specification. is this a genuan 64 bit processor? should I use ubuntu 64 bit with all t5500 core2 processors for optimul performance?
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:59 PM, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
hello, this is not really directly related to accessibility but perhaps may be a problem as such. I have a machine with intel core2 duo (sentrino ) t5500 processor with 1.6 ghz/2 specification. is this a genuan 64 bit processor? should I use ubuntu 64 bit with all t5500 core2 processors for optimul performance?
I guess this is the relevant link:
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9SH
Basically,your processor supports 64 bit operation thanks to the EM64T technology.It's not completely 64 bit,rather it supports both 32 bit and 64 bit operation.You can use Ubuntu 64 bit provided the rest of your hardware works which you can check out with the Live CD.Which I believe is completely unnecessary for ME to tell YOU. *smiley*
Regards, Easwar
thanks easwar. my doubt however is that will it make any difference in performance. as you said it is not completely 64 bit but supports both. so will there be any advantage of using 64 bit ubuntu? I booted the live cd and all hardware works flawlessly. regards. Kk On 25/03/2008, Easwar Hariharan meindian523@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 6:59 PM, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
hello, this is not really directly related to accessibility but perhaps may be a problem as such. I have a machine with intel core2 duo (sentrino ) t5500 processor with 1.6 ghz/2 specification. is this a genuan 64 bit processor? should I use ubuntu 64 bit with all t5500 core2 processors for optimul performance?
I guess this is the relevant link:
http://processorfinder.intel.com/details.aspx?sSpec=SL9SH
Basically,your processor supports 64 bit operation thanks to the EM64T technology.It's not completely 64 bit,rather it supports both 32 bit and 64 bit operation.You can use Ubuntu 64 bit provided the rest of your hardware works which you can check out with the Live CD.Which I believe is completely unnecessary for ME to tell YOU. *smiley*
Regards, Easwar -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:18 PM, krishnakant Mane researchbase@gmail.com wrote:
thanks easwar. my doubt however is that will it make any difference in performance. as you said it is not completely 64 bit but supports both. so will there be any advantage of using 64 bit ubuntu? I booted the live cd and all hardware works flawlessly. regards. Kk
It will,look to this aggregation of links.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=368607
Actually,it supports both,so it would be incorrect to say it's not completely 64-bit.It works in 64-bit when you run a 64-bit OS.
I'm myself eagerly awaiting the release of 8.04 so that I can change to 64-bit(Pentium D 2.80 GHz).Performance wise,there will be a slight (maybe quite noticeable) increase in speed.Plus,it can address more than 4 GB of RAM,yes If I Remember Correctly,that was the figure.Check out the link,it makes the perfect case for switching.
Regards, Easwar
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