Leonardo Pinheiro wrote: >> >> Please, let Leonardo say what _he_ thinks important. It's his computer. >> >> As for the 2 Gbyte filesize, I know just one program with the problem. >> >> > > Better performance. > > And I want to run other systems inside VMware - including 64-bits guests. > > So x86_64 might bring some benefits - or some more headache. I think the ability to run 64-bit VMware guests depends on the CPU capabilities, not the host OS - and not all 64bit CPUs will support it. Unless things have changed recently, you actually need some 32 bit libraries to run VMware. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com