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The system has only 2 GB of soldered RAM and can't be upgraded. It is a Intel Celeron processor. A similar system works fine with 32 bit of Windows. I plan to use the "Bash On Linux" on windows. It first came on 64 bits. I do not know if 32 bit supports it.

I prefer Chrome (and have usually 20+ tabs open) and not Firefox (which uses significantly less RAM).

My primary usage comprises programming (on light editors mostly) and lots of tabs open in the browser.

CPU does support 64 bit. Celeron 2840: http://ark.intel.com/products/82103/Intel-Celeron-Processor-N2840-1M-Cache-up-to-2_58-GHz

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  • You must also re-check your CPU capabilities (look for EM64T support), some of old CPU does not support a 64-bit.
    – Nikolay Raspopov
    Aug 27, 2016 at 9:16
  • This is the CPU: ark.intel.com/products/82103/…
    – aste123
    Aug 27, 2016 at 11:53
  • All versions of Windows 10 Version 1607 support the new Linux a subsystem.
    – Ramhound
    Aug 27, 2016 at 12:42
  • @Ramhound This is not a duplicate question. The linked question doesn't talk about Windows 10. My question talks about Windows 10 (which seems to take different amount of resources than Windows 8). My main concerns are Linux Subsystem and Chrome. It's not present in the linked question. Please look into it again. Thank you :)
    – aste123
    Aug 28, 2016 at 4:21
  • @Mokubai This is not a duplicate of the linked question. Please refer to the above comment. Thank you.
    – aste123
    Aug 28, 2016 at 4:22

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To make it simple, 64Bit does not only mean that you are able to use more then ~3gb ram. 64bit comes with a few more features which most software and also windows is already taking advantage of. Therefore it would best to go with 64Bit even though you only have 2gb RAM. You will not notice the difference to 32 bit anyway.

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  • 64-bit OS will use more RAM (see Why does Windows 7 64-bit require more memory than 32-bit?), for 2 GB RAM system that could make a difference.
    – gronostaj
    Aug 27, 2016 at 8:45
  • Won't it bog down the system with only 2GB
    – aste123
    Aug 27, 2016 at 8:58
  • If you want some extra info, check this LTT video youtube.com/watch?v=IknbgnJLSRY It sums up the main differences between 32, and 64 bit. But I do honestly think that 2GB of RAM is not enough, certainly if you have 20+ tabs open. I usually do that to, and I have 16GB of RAM, but I use an extension called 'The Great Suspender' which clears the tab out of the RAM after a while.
    – JustDenDimi
    Aug 27, 2016 at 10:13

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