On 09/15/2010 11:05 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Sure, there are exceptions but my assumptions were on a general scale. > So, if this is the case (which I don't think it was with the OP), then > 64bit would be better. But in general, 32bit could perform as well. > No, I dont agree - my point really was that in some corner cases, 32bit might be just as good to have on servers as 64bit, bit on the whole - as a general case, if the option presents itself always go 64bit. You can always chose to run 32bit userland apps ( eg. a firefox.x86_64 does not make much sense, neither does mutt.x86_64 ) - KB