Why is it that new Netbooks shipping with Intel’s newly released N450 Atom CPU are coming with a 32-bit OS installed? More often then not it is a Windows 7 variant.
My two theories are that a 64-bit OS eats battery life quicker defeating the Atom power trickle. However, more likely I think it is because the vendors ask, “it’s a Netbook, what would you need a 64-bit OS for?” Where I say, “…because I paid for it.”
Here are Intel’s N450 specs:
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?i…
Would it be worth it to upgrade a Netbook with my own 64-bit OS? Would I loose weird Vendor battery saving OS tweaks that I can’t replicate with a Vanilla install?
Thanks!!!
What exactly do you think is any advantage of 64 bit??
Second would be drivers for what people have already. They may have cameras or printers or scanners that do not support 64 bit.
Third would be applications that a common user may wish to sport on that micro laptop.
As to Intel they know their product design supports both 64 and 32 bit. One could make a small server board or system with that processor. It would not be the typical user that a micro laptop user might be.
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