Hardware Requirements
All worries about compatibility aside, there are some minimum hardware requirements that you will need to meet:
Any computer with an i386-based processor, or an Intel or AMD 64-bit processor
About 4 gigabytes (GB) of hard disk space, though having at least 10GB would be a bit more comfy
Sufficient memory (RAM)
Note
The CD that comes with this book is designed to work on machines with i386-based processors (basically, all the Pentium chips, including Celeron, Xeon, and the new Core Duo, as well as processors from AMD). Though this CD will install Ubuntu on a computer with an AMD or Intel 64-bit processor, it will only run in 32-bit mode. To make full use of your 64-bit processor, you need to download the 64-bit version of Ubuntu ...
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