Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1956 mails)

[Rainer Klier <kra@xxxxxxxxx>]

Am Freitag, den 03.08.2007, 11:35 +0200 schrieb LLLActive@xxxxxxx:
> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 09:53 +0200, Rainer Klier wrote: 
> > Am Mittwoch, den 01.08.2007, 18:33 +0200 schrieb LLLActive@xxxxxxx:
> > > On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 17:38 +0200, Rainer Klier wrote: 
> > 
> > and you can see at the top, that the cpu you can select is only a
> > Pentium® Dual-Core T2080 or a T2130.
> > both are NO core 2 duo.
> > i would not recommend to buy such a Pentium® Dual-Core.
> > -- 
> 
> You have a point there. I have done some reading about the Intel
> versions of their CPU's. If all is true what is written in the
> WikiPedia, that only the "Intel Core 2 brand refers to CPUs with the
> 64-bit Core microarchitecture". All else is 32 Bit.

no, there are also some pentiums with 64bit.

> "Intel 64 (Intel's x86-64 implementation) is not supported by Yonah",

that is correct.

> (and all else before?). 

as i said.
there are some pentium models that also support 64bit.

BUT!
pentiums can't be compared to core 2 duos.
core 2 duos are MUCH better/faster/energy-saving....

today, NEVER EVER buy a pentium or celeron.
i would say, that today you also should not buy a core duo.
core duos came months before core 2 duo, and also are not 64bit capable.

core 2 duo is the best choice you have today.

> So only OpenSUSE 10.2 32 Bit works on these notebooks, but that x86_64
> should only run on the Intel Core 2. Does it run OpenSUSE 10.2 X86_64?

it is very simple:
a notebook with a 32bit cpu (regardless if pentium, celeron or core duo)
will run opensuse10.2 32bit.
a notebook with a 64bit cpu (regardless if 64bit-pentium or core 2 duo)
will run opensuse10.2 64bit.


> Perhaps I should rather look at an AMD Athlon/Turon 64 X2 Mobile system
> like the Inspiron 1501. Anyone got one running OpenSUSE 10.2 X86_64? 

i whould not recommend that.
intel-based notebooks with the "centrino duo" logo are supported MUCH
BETTER by opensuse10.2.
with these machines nearly EVERY hardware on it (bluetooth, wlan,
sd-card) will work out-off-the-box.
and today core 2 duos are much faster than Turion 64 X2.
both can run opensuse10.2 64bit.
both cost about the same.
but core 2 duos are faster, and centrino notebooks work better.
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