Quote Originally Posted by IQ
Ive only just thought...

Wouldnt you need a 64 bit o/s for it to be of any benefit?
Not nessisarrily. There have been cases that softwear could suport hardwear that wasnt reconised by the OS. (for example G4's (i think it was) came with dual processors yet MacOS 9 (newest MacOS at the time) didnt support them. however packages such as photoshop did.)