I just noticed that the CPU in my Lenovo laptop is 64-bit capable. It came with a 32-bit OS installed, so I never bothered to check. Is there any real advantage to running the 64-bit version of Fedora on a laptop that is limited to 2GB RAM? Just wondering. The F-12 x86_64 Live CD does boot and run just fine. I've been running the i686 versions of F-11 and (now) F-12.
On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:32:25 -0600 Robert Nichols rnicholsNOSPAM@comcast.net wrote:
I just noticed that the CPU in my Lenovo laptop is 64-bit capable. It came with a 32-bit OS installed, so I never bothered to check. Is there any real advantage to running the 64-bit version of Fedora on a laptop that is limited to 2GB RAM? Just wondering. The F-12 x86_64 Live CD does boot and run just fine. I've been running the i686 versions of F-11 and (now) F-12.
Performance - anything above about 900MB is much happier 64bit
Robert Nichols wrote:
Is there any real advantage to running the 64-bit version of Fedora on a laptop that is limited to 2GB RAM?
I discovered by accident that my desktop is 64-bit capable about a year ago. I had 2 GB of RAM and fedora 64-bit seemed slow, so I bought an additional 2 GB of RAM and now it smokes.
Probably, you will have to install and test.