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Originally Posted by tlarkin
I don't know what world you live in, but 16 gigs will not be the norm in a few years. Hell, I just bought a brand new dual xeon server, and it only has 4 gigs of RAM in it, and it does way more than anyone's personal computer does on this forum.
Unused RAM is pointless. The performance increase you will get from 4gigs to 16gigs will be nil, because you won't ever use up that much RAM. As for 64 bit Vs 32 bit, I would say stick with 32 bit because its not going anywhere and MS can't design an OS to save their life. If they had done Vista correctly, it would have both 32 and 64 bit libraries available in the OS, just like how everyone else does it. It is a marketing scheme.
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How much did that set yopu back?
Even if the performance increase was very small, with the rate that new technology has improved I believe that it could be very possible to have 16gig RAM as the norm due to new technology gains in other areas. However with the introduction of DDR3 this could slow down the need for more ram due to a smaller amount doing a better job. Anyway thats the way I see it.