64 bit or 32 bit ubuntu

[Bart Silverstrim]

Mark Haney wrote:
> bill biggs wrote:
>> I would like to 32 or 64 bit ubuntu I have a dual core 4g or ram dell ?
>>
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> 
> Uh, what?  If I read this right, (and I'm not sure I do), if you have 
> 4GB or more of RAM, then you should go with the 64-bit.  With less than 
> 4GB RAM you won't really see a performance benefit going with 64-bit.
> 
> However, I go 64-bit regardless, but that's just me.

What compatibility problems do you run into? I want to run things like 
Virtualbox, and I know there were hiccups people ran into using 64 bit 
with certain applications before...didn't know what problems people are 
currently running into using that.

Seems like the only reason I ran into to run 64 bit were having more 
than 4 gig of RAM or using programs with very very very large datasets 
to manipulate...graphics/video, or databases. *shrug* things change though.