should Parallels 5 be running in 64-bit?

[btownguy]

It appears to be running in 32-bit. Does it just support 64-bit guest OS's, or should it be running in 64-bit itself?

 

[fedup flyer]

To my knowledge, Parallels is only available in 32 bit at the present time.

 

[maflynn]

Regardless of whether Parallels (or vmware for that matter) is 64bit, the fact remains it makes little sense to run a guest OS as 64bit as the overhead negates any 64bit benefit.

 

[yensteel]

Although I agree that a lot of applications do not require to be 64 bit, I think Parallels is one of those apps that can make use of it's benefits.

I also think that running 32 bit OSes should suffice.