FWIW, the things that affect me using 64 bit on a given machine are: more than 3GB of RAM or need more than 2GB in a single process or doing 64 bit math (nb this isn't strict, you can get at the opcode in 32-bit installs, just requires effort) or want to do 64 bit port testing/development -> 64bit
otherwise, 32bit is better. Some 64bit capable CPU's actually do 32-bit mode better than 64, and vice-verca, but I don't recall which ones - and unless you're on the performance edge it won't matter anyway. -Rob
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