On 24/07/10 12:34, doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- a local shop got sold a Dell with 1gig RAM running a 64 bit > version of Windows a couple of weeks ago, and they are saying that it > is running really slowly.
Not surprised - if it's got either Vista or Win 7 on it (which is probable, being a new machine) then 1GB RAM is about HALF what it should have in order to run even half decently! Any decent supplier would have recommended an increase to 2GB...... > As it's an independent shop I use lots & want to support (support your > local bookshop!), I've offered to set it up as dual-boot with Ubuntu > to see if they prefer that, and then to either return it to M$ or > convert fully to Ubuntu depending on which they prefer. > My question is, should I go with the 32 or 64 bit Ubuntu? As they probably didn't need 64 bit Windows in the first place (certainly not with only 1GB RAM!) I would recommend the 32 bit. (IMHO - I'm only medium- experienced in Ubuntu....) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
