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If you are wondering why 64 bit is important to me it's because i'm an architecture student, and use a lot of CAD and rendering programs.

The 64 bit versions of these programs are starting to come out, and the rendering times of the 64 bit versions are incredibly faster (haven't tested pesonaly yet, but from "relaibale" sources typical basic renders can change from 20-30 minutes to less than a minute !).
I know it doesn't bring much to the other programs, but apparently it certainly doesn't take anything away from them.
The only problem with 64bit seems to be the drivers and i'm lucky to have found drivers for my hardware (a problem which will rapidly diminuish to the point of disappearing for practicaly everybody i suppose).

As students we test a lot (we're still learning, so a lot of it is trial and error, and basicly trying out new things, new ways of presenting our work), and are always in a hurry for putting together the presentations. And when you are working day and night the last week for the presentation of a project, 30 minutes less on a render is very precious :-)

For info, no, not in North America, in France

Thanks for your help.