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When I bought my HP notebook with 8GB RAM after a few questions it was shipped with 32bit OS. I paid a little more to get the 64bit version (about $49). Although they advertise 8GB RAM and charge you for it it's little use if you stick with the stock OS so it's worth asking as they won't advertise the fact 32bit OS access 3.5GB RAM max ( per app).
As far as OEM goes be aware that you will have a lot of trouble moving the OS to another machine in the future. It can be done but there's a lot of red tape and BS with Microsoft phone sales/support to go through to get it done (if they feel like it). Same if you virtualise. Depends on your future needs of course but if you're thinking I'm buying one licence of Win7 64bits regardless of what I might migrate it in the future then spend the extra money and get one normal license.
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