From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
   > On Saturday 21 July 2012 22:41, Warren Post conveyed the following to   
   > alt.os.linux.mandriva...   
      
   >> However, my interest is in learning a general rule of thumb to apply   
   >> to hardware generally, and not simply "your box is best suited for an   
   >> X bit OS".   
   >   
   > There is no such rule anymore, unless you're really stuck with a box   
   > that doesn't support more than 2 GiB of RAM, but which still for some   
   > reason was equipped with a 64-bit processor.   
      
   And with 64-bit hardware throughout.  My Compaq SR5210NX (bottom-end,   
   late 2007) is exactly that.  It maxed out at 2 GB, came with 32-bit   
   Vista, and I ran 32-bit OSs on it.  It wasn't until last month that I   
   even realized it was actually a 64-bit machine.   
      
   Adam   
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