[nzlug] 32bit vs 64bit speed/performance

[Michal Ludvig]

Ian Beardslee wrote:

> I am expecting 'fun and games' with VMWare, wine and proprietory plugins.
>  But if I can get VMware working properly and well, I'll have the rest of
> my RAM to setup some VMware machines for things that don't behave :-)

VMware is no issue it just works in 64b, both with 64b and 32b guests.

Interesting thing is that on 64b hardware with 32b OS you can install 
run 64b guests as well. I have no idea how that works but it does.

Michal