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Old 09-27-2003, 10:46 PM   #1
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IA32, IA64... Which one?

quick question... when i run into programs that don't specifically say mandrake on them (that's what i'm running) i often have the choices of IA32 AMD64 and IA64 for linux. What's the difference and which one should i choose if any?
 
Old 09-28-2003, 04:48 AM   #2
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IA32 is every 386 compatible processor (ie. Pentium,Athlon)
AMD64 and IA64 are 64 bit processors.
 
  


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