> > No, this depends on the application (and "usually" doesn't mean very > much because applications will depend on what the machine is used > for). And some people would completely disagree with you, e.g.: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_32_pae&num=1 > > There's another point is favor of amd64: floating-point arithmetic. > As SSE is used by default on amd64, FP arithmetic is much cleaner > there in practice. > whilst that is true, for a desktop box, 64bit causes more problems than it is worth i've found, especially with things like Flash.
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