Pierrick Brossin <pierrick@bs-network.net> writes:

> On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 12:55:00PM -0500, Trey Sizemore wrote:
>> Any advantage to one vs. the other?  Do any performance gains (this
>> will be a desktop machine) of 64-bit outweigh a lack of
>> hardware/software/plugin support?
>
> No answer to this ?

My inclination would be to run the i386 version, so you can run
acroread, openoffice-bin, maybe flash, maybe codecs for mplayer.

If you enjoy fixing 64-bit bugs in other people's code, then amd64 is
a better choice.  Seriously, I use sparc64, and things are getting
better, more so with 'server' type programs than 'desktop'.

Another consideration is memory; if you have more than ~3.5GB you
can't use it under i386 and amd64 would be better.