comments regarding *nix and HP Pavilion p6510f

[Bruce Marshall]

On Tuesday, August 03, 2010, Michael Hipp wrote:
> On 8/2/2010 9:28 AM, Andrew Gould wrote:
> > Question:  Is there any reason to install 32 bit operating system
> > instead of 64 bit?
> 
> Being the conservate sort, resistant to change, disagreeable for its own
> sake, etc., etc. I'm more likely to ask if there is any reason to install
> 64 bit instead of 32 bit?
> 
> I've only installed 64 a couple of times (Windows, that is) and couldn't
> find any advantage to doing so, but constantly stumble across things that
> just flat don't work. Maybe Linux 64 is better, someone else can say.
> 
> Michael

I installed my first 64 box last Jan   and have built 2 more since...  all for 
use in this household.

I was surprised at how few problems there were with Ubuntu and I switched over 
my personal machine to 64 immediately.  This was upgrading from a P4 cpu that 
was about 5 yrs old so I gained at lot in hardware features and speed.

I have a flight simulator box that is now running on Win 7 (just cuz I have 
to) and I needed that to run the later versions of the flight simulator and to 
gain some video speed.

I guess my take would be to install a 64 machine if you are running out of gas 
on 32 bit or thinking of spending any great amount of money on your current 
machine.

For about $700 per box, I built the three AMD64 boxes and have been amazed at 
what you can get for so little money these days.   That $700 includes 
everything except monitor, mouse, keybd and other externals.   And also 
includes at least a Terrabyte HD for each.