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    HP HDX and different OS's

    Discussion in 'HP' started by JuanE, Aug 6, 2008.

  1. JuanE

    JuanE Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a question which I would be infinitely grateful to have an aswer for.
    This semester I have a class about Operating Systems and I will have to try different OS's.
    The machine I have is an HP HDX, with an Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 Processor. The OS's I will have to try (apart from Vista, which I already have) are Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora), FreeBSD and OpenSolaris. My question about them is:
    Which version do I have to download so that they'll work on my computer?
    This question comes from the fact that FreeBSD is offered for amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, powerpc and sparc64. My first guess is i386 or amd64, but I'm not quite sure if my processor is 32 or 64 bit.
    Please, if someone knows which version should I download, any information would be greatly appreciated.
     
    JuanE, Aug 6, 2008
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  2. Mikelx215

    Mikelx215 Notebook Evangelist

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    You have an Intel CPU, so you don't want to run AMD anything. Any Core 2 system supports both 64 and 32-bit operating systems, though they won't be all that useful to you unless you have more than ~3.5 gigs of RAM.

    You either want to run the i386 or ia64 version. Wait, this isn't correct. One sec.

    You want i386 or x86-64, which apparently is AMD64. Go figure.
     
    Mikelx215, Aug 6, 2008
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  3. JuanE

    JuanE Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, I did quite a bit of reading too and found that amd64 is x86-64, hmm... that's why I was confused.
    Thanks Mikelx215.
     
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    Mikelx215 Notebook Evangelist

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    No problem. If I didn't figure it out now it'd only bite me later when I get my new computer.
     
    Mikelx215, Aug 6, 2008
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