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I bought a laptop a while ago and I'm sort of through with Windows. I wanted to try Ubuntu but I don't know which version I should take.

I got a Samsung NP300E5A-S02NL

It has a

  1. Intel I3 2330M @2.2GHz Processor
  2. 8GB of ram
  3. Nvidia GeForce 520MX
  4. a chipset Intel HD Graphics videocard

I know for windows there is a need of x64 to get full use out of your 8GB of ram, is this the same for Ubuntu?

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You can check this useful link to know more about the differences between 32bit, 32bit pae and 64bit: How to decide if you should use 32bit or 64bit.

Anyway, for systems with at least 4GB of RAM I suggest to install the 64bit version, because (as on windows) 32bit systems does not utilise more than 3GB of RAM.

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  • thanks for the quick response, i will check out the link and if i still can't find out wich or what i will post on here again – Sjeafer Oct 02 '13 at 12:48
  • @Peppe: To be precise, Linux (or Windows) will not use any memory beyond 4 GiB of combined RAM and video memory. – David Foerster Oct 02 '13 at 13:46
  • I've checked the weblink, I could use the 32bit with PAE but i might aswell just use the 64bit version due to having 8gigs of ram Thanks for the help – Sjeafer Oct 02 '13 at 14:14