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   From: SINNER <99nesorjd@gates_of_hell.invalid>   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 64-Bit   
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   Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:09:58 GMT   
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   * MCR wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:   
   > 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.   
      
   You left out one question, no?   
      
   Will it run all the RomZ at full speed?   
      
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