title: 32 or 64 bit virtual machine is faster on 64 bit machine (vmware)
body: <p>I have a 64bit host with 64 bit host OS. I want to install a virtual machine (with 1GB ram or less), but I don't know which will show better performance. I've heard that the only advantage of 64 bit hardware/software is that it can address more than 2 GB memory per process and it's actually slower than 32 bit.</p>
  
  <p>So is it better to install 32 bit guest vm/os or 64 bit.</p>
  
  <p>I think that software I'll run on it is 32 bit, so it'll run /not in emulation/ using 32 bit libraries anyway. But what if I had the 64 bit version of the software?</p>