> Why then should someone prefer 64bit over 32bit?
4 Reasons:
1: Date/Time stamp, Unix time doesn't work in 32-bit past 2038
(not really affecting us much, most of us will replace our PCs long before then)
What do the people with 32bit cpus who won't/can't upgrade?
2: Access more than 4GB of RAM (definitely becoming increasingly
important)
I hope for the apps, not for the system. I don't want to become Linux
the next Vista..
3: Enhanced performance-critical computational capabilities (if you
do a lot of complex HD photo, HD video, or HD audio work, or if you do a lot of raw
complex math on your computer, this is EXTREMELY important)
4: Better virtual machine performance
Thanks for the answer. :)