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64bit will encode and decode audio and video faster as they can compute
64bits of data in a sinle step rather than 32bits.  The repos are
exactly the same for both systems. There is a 64bit and a 32bit version
of every app you can search for in the standard repo. The only drawback
of 32bit is skype is 32bit only but then again skpe is garbage.

Dual core isn't only for playing 2 videos at once, its for getting the
OS working faster by effectively giving 2 CPUs. More CPUs gives a faster
PC so long as the system kernel can access them.

Yes the RAM of a 32bit system is limited to 3.5Gb which is enough for
most but full access to the 64bit registers is also an advantage that
cannot be overlooked.

There are no niggles in any of my systems and they are all (except my
file server which is a P3) 64bit and everything works flawlessly without
any need for tweaking, java works great and 64bit flash works amazingly
despite being beta. (I always advise 64bit flash to 64bit users)

You can also take advantage of dual cores for faster booting if you add
extra options to your grub and fstab configs. I don't personally use any
dual core or more than 2Gb RAM but i always like to use the distro that
matches my CPU and strongly believe other users should too.

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