linux mint - 32 or 64? triple boot with XP and Vista32

[giantbucket]

so one of my machines is a triple-boot of WinXP Pro (32bit), Vista Home Premium (32bit), and soon to add Linux Mint. eh, since the Win are both 32bit, they're only gonna see 4G of RAM so i have no point in adding more.

when i toss Mint on here as the 3rd OS, do i pick 32bit or 64bit? is there anything unique that the 64 does that the 32 simply doesn't? this is typical desktop use. i might screw around with some audio or video editing, but only mildly. summer is coming, after all, and i'd rather spend my time outside than in front of an idiotic computer.....

 

[USAFRet]

Either.

 

[Alabalcho]

You'll make your life easier if you stick to 32-bit Linux. There are couple of Linux apps which are still 32-bit only, and adding 32-bit support to 64-bit system is tricky (to say the least).

 

[giantbucket]

32 it is, then! i've got another machine that's gonna go dual- or triple-boot, so i'll put 64 bit on that one.

been a while since i used linux...