What to do with a RAM-heavy desktop?

["Scott R. Ehrlich" <user=81@nabble.blu.org>]

 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... 

Insights welcome. 

Thanks. 

Scott 

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