Gleaned from a discussion on LKML entitled 'Ubuntu 32-bit, 32-bit PAE, 64-bit Kernel Benchmarks' http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_32_pae&num=1 It appears that the performance impact of PAE is not as great as was originally feared (given a normal workload). rtg -- Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com