64-bit Windows is better than getting an SSD if you have the RAM
Published on Friday, November 14, 2008 By Brad Wardell In Personal Computing
I wrote this over on my neowin blog:
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=8&showentry=2280
Bottom line: Given the choice between an SSD or running 64-bit with 8 gigs of RAM, get the extra RAM.