03-13-2012, 07:49 PM
(03-11-2012, 12:56 AM)Alreiger Wrote: 64bit is only better if you have an excess of RAM that exceeds 4GB. Microsoft is trying to gear users towards 64bit programs, so if you have it then you're set; of course, it'll be years before 32bit is dropped, if even. If you have and can use more than 4GB of RAM, or you want to be a step ahead, then sure, go ahead, but if you don't then there's not much in there for you.
I'm sure there's more, but this is pretty much all that's important for computer novices.
Of course, because by default you wouldn't be able to use up any more than 4GB RAM on a 32 bit system, it won't allow it. You'd need a 64 bit machine to use anything higher than 4GB. But even when 128 bit comes out, there's plans to make it binary backwards compatible with everything from 32 bit and up.