Bret Busby wrote:
On a laptop that has 4GB of RAM, and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor(which I assume to be a 64 bit CPU), I understand that a 64-bit OS is best for accessing the full GB of RAM.For 64-bit version, Ubuntu has only the AMD64 version.On the Debian web page at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ , the
IA-64 has nothing to do with anything. Ignore it completely. (Different architecture. On a PC it DOES NOT COMPUTE!.) Mark Allums