Re: What to do with a RAM-heavy desktop?

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:27:26 -0500 (EST) 
Scott Ehrlich <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> So I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core processor desktop to configure.   It seems 
> like likely I'd install 32-bit Windows XP on it, with respect to the user 
> needing Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, and Photoshop, along with Matlab (which we 
> have Linux versions of) and Mathematica (which we can get Linux versions of, 
> too). 
> 
> But with 32-bit Win XP with SP2, we waste 28 GB, as it can only use 4 GB. 
> 
> The user is equally Unix-capable, and I could easily install 64-bit CentOS, but 
> how could I enable them to fully take advantage of the Adobe products on the 
> system natively (i.e w/o using a VM)? 
> 
> Crossover Office does NOT show the Adobe products as supported apps in their 
> tested list. 
> 
> What to do...