On Sun, 2011-06-12 at 16:58 +1200, yuri wrote:
> Hi CLUG,
> 
> we're looking at getting a new laptop and they all seem to have a 64 bit CPU.
> I know that x86-64 is backwards compatible with 32 bit software, and I
> don't need to address more that 4GB of RAM.
> 
> Any compelling reason to install a 64 bit distro?
> If there's no 64 bit flash player yet, then that's a deal breaker and
> we'll stick to 32 bit.
> 
> Cheers
> Yuri
> 
64 bit Ubuntu 11.04 updated it this morning IIRC.


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