I’ve never been a big fan of 64-bit operating systems, but some recent comparative trials with Adobe Media Encoder and Premiere Pro showed that 64-bit computers – both Windows and Macintosh — had a huge advantage over 32-bit Windows.
If you’re in the market for that killer encoding workstation, check out the article in Digital Content Producer, and it may change your target configuration, especially considering that 64-bit Windows usually costs no more than 32-bit Windows.
See the article at Digital Content Producer, CS4 and 64-bit Systems.