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Originally Posted by dpastern
With the current computer, probably not. Any future computers will have x64 CPUs, so newer operating systems have x64 options, and you can grab them and have more RAM in your machine that you can use. If you don't need the RAM, then stick with what you're using (if it works for you and you're happy).
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Try telling the laptop/notebook manufacturers that all boxes are to have 64 bit CPUs.
The limit on the amount of RAM you can have is the product of slots and maximum supported DIMM sizes, not the 17,179,869,184GB that the address bus allows. That means 8GB on this x64 box or the laptop. But with laptop 4GB DIMMs at over $1K each, in effect 4GB.