On 7/16/12, Nilesh Govindrajan <cont...@nileshgr.com> wrote: > So the same old query again I guess. > What architecture should I use for a machine with 3GB RAM and a 64bit > processor? > > I believe 64bit should be given serious consideration only if RAM is gt or > = 4 GB, even there 32bit is allowable with PAE if I'm not wrong. > > So what is recommended? There are as such no special use cases to go 64bit > for me. >
Why 32? ... Flash, win32 codecs, probably Wine but not sure as it has been years... Why 64? ... Virtualization... Depends on what you want and/or need. HTH, Mark