On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:33:10 +1300 (NZDT)
Derek Smithies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> The only time when you have a noticable (or significant) advantage for 64 
> bit is when you have large files of data to process.  There was a time 
> when I was processing gigabyte sized tcp dump files. With a 64 bit 
> machine, you can put many more gigabytes of ram into the box, which aids 
> the processing of such large files.
>

And following on from that, it's really useful for database servers... 

Steve
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