New iMac ... W7 32 or 64?

[Bongolo]

I have just purchased a new iMac (27” i7 3.4, 12G ram) along with a copy of windows 7 Ultimate.

The box contains 2 DVD’s: the 32 and 64 version.

What is the best version to install (with BootCamp) given the specs of the machine?

TIA

 

[eawmp1]

64

 

[Indy89]

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64 Bit as 32 will only be able to use around 3.6GB of that 12GB RAM.

 

[Bongolo]

64 it is, thanks guys!

 

[Akarin]

64 it is, thanks guys!

Yep, as it has been said, a 32 bits OS cannot "see" and use RAM over 3.6GB. In the world of today, 64 bits versions should always be used over their 32 counterparts except for some special cases (some audio editing tools and VST's on Windows have troubles to work in certain 64 bits environments. For example, ReWire with Sonar 64 bits, etc... ).