All my machines - including my desktop - are 32 bit. This lone x86_64 machine is a headless server (well I plug in a monitor from time to time) - but usually its headless (as are all my machines but my desktop)... On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, John Thomas wrote: >> I have one box on my home network that is x86_64 capable... My other >> boxes are all i386. As this x86_64 machine can, at most, house 4 GB of >> RAM (currently only has 1 GB) - is there any advantage to my running >> x86_64 on that machine instead of i386... Long story as to why I am >> asking - but before I go off and moveit down to i386 - just wanted some >> opinions :) > > If I may hijack, what about desktop machines? Would your 32/64 choice > be the same if it were primarily a desktop machine vs. primarily a > server? I recall a year or so ago the answer was 32 bit for desktops, > but perhaps that has changed. > > -- > Sincerely, > John Thomas > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-890-8117 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros