Windows 7 for use in VMware Fusion: 32-bit or 64-bit?

[john-o]

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...sg-1434993

[MGS_forgot_password]

64 bit will need more RAM.

[john-o]

Are there any downsides to the 32-bit version then?

[M A V I C]

32bit can't use more than 4GB of RAM.

[testcase]

64 bit

[john-o]

Thanks testcase, but could you elaborate a bit?

[PeterW]

Depends on the hardware - http://blog.smalldog.com/article/windows...or-64-bit/

[testcase]

"Thanks testcase, but could you elaborate a bit?"


No,


I just went 64 bit on my install.