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I have an old laptop that I would like to use mainly for some coding with ATOM and photo editing with GIMP and/or Photoshop CS2. Should I install the 32 or 64 bit version of Windows 10?
Laptop specs:
1.6GHz N270 Intel Atom Processor
2GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz
Windows 7 PRO
10.1″ WSVGA Glossy LED-backlit display with integrated camera 1024×600
160GB 5400rpm Western Digital Scorpio Blue hard drive
Intel GMA 950 Integrated Graphics
Matt
Posted 2017-07-20T18:56:22.417
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Seems like 32-bit is possible to do from Microsoft's site.
As Ramhound already pointed out, your processor does not seem to support 64-bit.
Another thing to note is that while it may meet the "Minimum" requirements, is does not mean it will run well.
Cheesus Crust
Posted 2017-07-20T18:56:22.417
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If you want to be specific about the support of the processor it would be worth showing an image of the Intel Ark page which shows that the processor is 32-bit only: http://ark.intel.com/products/36331/Intel-Atom-Processor-N270-512K-Cache-1_60-GHz-533-MHz-FSB
– Mokubai – 2017-07-20T19:13:56.730@Mokubai Done, gotta make a habit of doing that. Thanks! – Cheesus Crust – 2017-07-20T19:22:34.243
1It's not possible to use a 64-bit operating system on processors that don't support the 64-bit x86 instructions. So it's not possible to install a 64-bit installation of Windows 10 on the hardware you have. This question shows no research effort (Intel provides specifications on all of their processors) a simple google search would have verified your hardware capabilities – Ramhound – 2017-07-20T19:00:19.883
Voting to close because this is basically you polling is on what you should do but in reality you only have one option. – Ramhound – 2017-07-20T19:04:00.260