I would consider running Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine instead of dual booting. This way you can run Linux and Windows at the same time. The disadvantage of course is that the OSes share your available memory, but it is a lot more convenient to be able to use both OSes without rebooting.
-Mike On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I just bought a T61 and am planning on dual booting ubuntu and window 7. > The OS is coming with 64 bit windows 7 and I wanted to know if I should > install 64 bit ubuntu. Normally I'd say this was obvious but when I go to > the ubuntu.com site it says 64 bit not recommended for daily desktop use. > So I'm not sure what to get. Does 32 bit see and handle more than 2GB of > memory (I have 3 on the unit I'm getting) Or am I mistaken in that 64 bit > support begins at 4GB? > > Any other considerations for a first upgrade to 64 bit? Any glitches > noticed? > > TIA, > > JT > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
