Can i run 64bit OS on my laptop?

laptop 64-bit windows-7 dell-inspiron

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Solution 1

A tool you can use to find out if your CPU has 64bit capabilities is SecurAble

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Solution 2

The Core 2 Duo Processor can, to my knowledge, suupport 64 bit OS.

Unfortunately, you may still only have access to ~3.2GB of RAM, if the chipset supporting the CPU does not support more memory. I, and many others, were disappointed with Dell for stating that some of its laptops, like my D820, could handle 4 GB of RAM when in fact only ~3.2 GB could be addressed.

In short, it's not so much the specs, such as GHz and L2 Cache, but rather the CPU and the supporting chipset (e.g., North Bridge, South Bridge) architecture that determines if a machine can run 64 bit OS.

Solution 3

You should be able to run it fine, I tried running windows 7 on a desktop with half those specs and it worked well.

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Amr Elgarhy

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Amr Elgarhy over 1 year

i have this laptop Dell Inspiron 6400 with Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor T5600 (1.83GHz/667MHz FSB/2MB L2 Cache) 2GB RAM.

Can i setup windows 7 64bit on this machine? or it will be too slow?
Admin almost 15 years

64 bit is the version i have installed, just make sure you have at least 1GB ram.
Assembler almost 15 years

A commenter on another answer mentioned needing at least 1GB. How does it work?
Ivo Flipse almost 15 years

Then what's the point of x64 (on such a laptop)?
mas almost 15 years

64 bit registers. Performance increase processing complex mathematical routines and, potentially, less susceptibility to floating point underflow.
Ascherer almost 15 years

I may not matter right this second, but give it a year, and Amr will be wanting to install more RAM.
Ascherer almost 15 years

Any information about looking at the chipset info to determine how much memory the overall system can manage?
Chris Thompson almost 15 years

Windows 7 needs at least 1GB to run decently. If you have less than 3GB, use x86 version, if you use 4+GB, use x64 version. That's all there is to it.
ChrisInEdmonton over 14 years

This is incorrect. A 64-bit OS permits you to access 64-bit registers, etc. Also, some 32-bit operating systems permit access to 4.0 GB or more of memory through the use of, for example, PAE hacks.
Jon over 13 years

awesome app, Steve Gibbs rocks! thx for the link.