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maskslash · 13th December 2006, 8:17 PM

I have a dell d620, but i need it to remain reliable and work orientated and am looking to buy another laptop.

I have no gripes with my current laptop, and would just as happily buy the same one again but cant help be curious about AMD as I have always had a AMD desktop, until my current one leaked and shat itself.

I just wanna know can 32 bit applications be compiled on a 64bit processor and vice versa. Are there any significant detriments between the two in terms of compilation.

I dont have space for a desktop and this would just be a dedicated mysql/ms sql server with vis studio installed. no games, no hardcore anything.

I would like to be able to compile 32bit and 64 is just a stuff around for me. I am a hobbiest programmer so no overly complicated explanations.

13th December 2006, 8:17 PM	#1
maskslash Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 264	64bit processing I have a dell d620, but i need it to remain reliable and work orientated and am looking to buy another laptop. I have no gripes with my current laptop, and would just as happily buy the same one again but cant help be curious about AMD as I have always had a AMD desktop, until my current one leaked and shat itself. I just wanna know can 32 bit applications be compiled on a 64bit processor and vice versa. Are there any significant detriments between the two in terms of compilation. I dont have space for a desktop and this would just be a dedicated mysql/ms sql server with vis studio installed. no games, no hardcore anything. I would like to be able to compile 32bit and 64 is just a stuff around for me. I am a hobbiest programmer so no overly complicated explanations.