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Can I run a 32bit OS an a 64bit processor

Faisal A
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O have a laptop that has only 1gb of ddr3 ram and I want to install win10, but is is 64bit and the min requirements for 64bit are 2gb ram but the 32 bit os only requires 1 gb ram. Will the 32 bit OS work

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5 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

O have a laptop that has only 1gb of ddr3 ram and I want to install win10, but is is 64bit and the min requirements for 64bit are 2gb ram but the 32 bit os only requires 1 gb ram. Will the 32 bit OS work

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Yes, but it is not recommended. If you don't need to use any Windows-only programs then you could give a lightweight Linux distribution such as Lubuntu a try.

 

But if you have to use Windows, and if you can only use the 32-bit version, then yes it will work but as I said it is not recommended.

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It will work, but if it only has 1GB of RAM the rest of the specs are probably pretty shit. I'd put Linux on it.

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10 minutes ago, Faisal A said:

O have a laptop that has only 1gb of ddr3 ram and I want to install win10, but is is 64bit and the min requirements for 64bit are 2gb ram but the 32 bit os only requires 1 gb ram. Will the 32 bit OS work

Yes, you can, and it will work, however I'd suggest looking into Linux, since the laptop probably won't have a great time running Windows.

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Yes. Tho i would suggest running a light distro of linux instead for the best experience

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