Should I use Eclipse 32bits or 64bits on my new machine?

Question

This might be a dumb/naive question, and if it is please excuse me :)

I have a brand new machine with the following specs:

• Inter Core i7 2600@3.4GHz

Answer 1

In general I use 64-bit Eclipse without problem, but there can be issues around plug-ins such as:

• Adobe Flash Builder only works with 32-bit
• The Subversion plug-in Subclipse needs a native 64-bit version of Subversion installed separately

There may be more but those are the ones I've encountered in the past.

Moving to 64-bit gives you access to more addressable memory but it won't speed anything up, in fact it might reduce performance in some cases (but nothing I see as significant to what I do).