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   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 64-Bit   
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   Richard Asbridge wrote:   
      
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   > The standard that AMD introduced for 64bit is supported by the Intel    
   > core 2 Duo (note the 2) the Intel Core Duo (it's predecessor) is a 32bit    
   > CPU   
   >    
   > read these for details of each:   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_Duo   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2_Duo   
   >    
   > If you have the core 2, then you can indeed use the X86-64 version of    
   > any Linux distro often marked "amd64" or "EM64T" or X86_64 in the    
   > downloads section of various distro sites.   
   >    
   > Read this for details about the standard:   
   > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64   
   >    
   > hope that clears things up :)   
      
   It does indeed,thank you.  I do have a core 2 duo (sorry i forgot the 2    
   part).  I'll probably try the 64 bit version in the next upgrade cycle    
   as I about to upgrade my RAM to 4GB at around the same time.   
      
      
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