i386 or x64?

[Bob Chiodini]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I've got my new Dell laptop with Intel(r) CoreTM 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz,
> 4MB L2 Cache, 667MHz FSB) processor. Can I install Fedora i386 on it,
> or should I go with x64? I've heard that x64 has many, many problems
> with 32 bit apps, such as firefox. I use Swiftfox (an optimized
> firefox build) quite often. Other apps that I use often are the whole
> KDE suite, OpenOffice, Opera, mPlayer, F-Spot, and Skype.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
>
> Dotan Cohen
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Dotan,

I don't have any experience in the "Duo" area, but I have used x64 and 
i386 on an AMD.  There isn't much difference in performance, at least in 
the "look and feel" arena.  As jlwallen pointed out you will need the 
32-bit version of firefox and mplayer, if you want flash and the windows 
CODECs, respectively.  Java is another sticking point.

For me it was just easier to use the 32-bit version rather than juggling 
yum repositories and other things.

Bob...