07-27-2015, 09:16 PM
Agreed, Core 2 Duo should generally out perform a Pentium D.
If you can't replace your existing laptop OS with a 64 bit one, there is another low risk possibility... install a 64 bit OS into a virtual machine. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe Core 2 Duo supports virtualisation instructions which allow you to run a 64 bit guest OS within a 32 bit host. So you don't risk breaking your existing OS in the process. The downside is your host OS will still consume some ram so performance of the guest OS may less than native.
If you can't replace your existing laptop OS with a 64 bit one, there is another low risk possibility... install a 64 bit OS into a virtual machine. I'm not 100% sure, but I believe Core 2 Duo supports virtualisation instructions which allow you to run a 64 bit guest OS within a 32 bit host. So you don't risk breaking your existing OS in the process. The downside is your host OS will still consume some ram so performance of the guest OS may less than native.
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