First impression of W8

[Steve Hayes]

If you buy high end Adobe software, some of that is offered in 64 bit
versions only (the latest versions), and that would be a second reason
for installing the 64 bit version.

So if you had 3GB of RAM installed, and wanted to run one of the
Adobe products that is only available in 64 bit, then you'd need
the 64 bit OS.

I haven't used it yet, though my son has just downloaded (for free) an old
version of Indesign, which I haven't yet tried out on my XP computer, but does
make up for one of the deficiencies of MS Word -- the lack of
microjustification.

But there are 8- and 16-bit programs that I use several times a day, and so I
would see no point in buying a computer that couldn't run them.