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Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - john-o - 10-03-2012
Subject says it all. This comes out of an earlier thread about the best deals on Windows 7 Professional OEM:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1434993,1434993#msg-1434993
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - MGS_forgot_password - 10-03-2012
64 bit will need more RAM.
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - john-o - 10-03-2012
Are there any downsides to the 32-bit version then?
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - M A V I C - 10-03-2012
32bit can't use more than 4GB of RAM.
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - testcase - 10-03-2012
64 bit
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - john-o - 10-03-2012
Thanks testcase, but could you elaborate a bit?
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - PeterW - 10-03-2012
Depends on the hardware - http://blog.smalldog.com/article/windows-on-a-mac-32-or-64-bit/
Re: Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit? - testcase - 10-03-2012
"Thanks testcase, but could you elaborate a bit?"
No,
I just went 64 bit on my install.