x86_64 Vs. i386

[Jeffrey Ross]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Jeffrey Ross wrote:
>> Ok, now that FC7 is about to be released shortly I am going to 
>> upgrade from FC6 X86_64 to FC7.  My question is, is it worth going 
>> with the x64_86 version?  Although I never tried the i386 version on 
>> this hardware I found that I had a lot of grief with internet plugins 
>> on the 64 bit architecture and noticed that everything seemed to 
>> treat the hardware as a dual processor machine (eg no single process 
>> would take more than 50% of the total CPU).
>>
>> So what's the advantage of using the 64 bit OS anything?  I don't run 
>> that many CPU intensive applications, my use consists of the vast 
>> majority of use being internet browsing, email, word processing.
>>
>> Right now I'm leaning towards the i386 version, any reason not to?
>> suggestions, comments?
>
> What are the hardware specs of this machine? Just from the description 
> of usage it sounds like you just choose the 32 bit version. Note that 
> you will have do a clean installation instead of a upgrade for the 
> arch switch.
>
> Rahul
>
I realize I'd have to do a clean install.  At least I put my /home on a 
separate disk partition so I don't have to wipe that partition.

The hardware is a Intel motherboard  (DG965RY) with 2 GB of memory and a 
2.8Ghz Pentium D processor.