[SOLVED]Can I run a 64 bit operating system?

I want to know if I can run a 64 bit operating system on my laptop. the lshw command says I have a 64 bit processor, so does that mean I can run a 64 bit O.S. because  almost everything else says 32 bit. So, does all my hardware have to be 64 bit, or is it only the processor that matters? I have looked on the internet and it always seems to relate only to the processor, so I don't know if the other stuff matters. My laptop came with 32 bit vista, if that matters. Sorry if this is a stupid question. Thanks.
Last edited by Tux the penguin (2010-11-23 20:01:40)

Thanks for the quick reply. Sorry. I should have been more clear. By everything else I meant for example:
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:d000(size=4096) memory:faf00000-fbffffff ioport:e0000000(size=402653184)
-storage
description: SATA controller
product: MCP79 AHCI Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage pm msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:42 ioport:c000(size=8) ioport:bc00(size=4) ioport:b880(size=8) ioport:b800(size=4) ioport:b480(size=16) memory:fae72000-fae73fff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP79 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:21 memory:fae78000-fae7bfff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP79 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: b1
serial: 00:24:21:6d:a4:82
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII
resources: irq:20 memory:fae7d000-fae7dfff ioport:c080(size=8) memory:fae7e800-fae7e8ff memory:fae7e400-fae7e40f
description: Notebook
product: CR600 (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
vendor: Micro-Star International
version: Ver 1.000
serial: System Serial Number
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook cpus=2 family=To Be Filled By O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=00020003-0004-0005-0006-000700080009
Processor details-
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU T4200 @ 2.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: CPU 1
size: 2GHz
capacity: 2GHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 200MHz
capabilities: x86-64 boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm xsave lahf_lm
configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 id=1 threads=2
So, I could still run a 64 bit OS, even though most of the hardware is 32 bit?
Last edited by Tux the penguin (2010-11-23 02:57:18)

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