For average Joe.. not much. 64-bit will allow machines to address more than 3gb of RAM.
Aha, brilliant, thanks. One of the other plans was to upgrade/increase their RAM so that's good to know.
So, if the choice is there for no difference in cost, which should I go for?
I put an upgrade version of 7 on my own PC and went for 32bit. I have not noticed any problems with that but I don't know if I am missing anything as never used 64. No idea if it prohibits the use of any programs or older hardware etc (which I vaguely recall being my completely guessed and most likely unnecessary reason for opting for 32bit on my own machine).
Aha, brilliant, thanks. One of the other plans was to upgrade/increase their RAM so that's good to know.
So, if the choice is there for no difference in cost, which should I go for?
I put an upgrade version of 7 on my own PC and went for 32bit. I have not noticed any problems with that but I don't know if I am missing anything as never used 64. No idea if it prohibits the use of any programs or older hardware etc (which I vaguely recall being my completely guessed and most likely unnecessary reason for opting for 32bit on my own machine).