It's got to be [having a budget big enough for a server with 64Gb RAM, but wanting to run 32-bit Windows and SQL Server Express on it, and then bitching because Windows 64 bit apparently uses more memory when idle over 32-bit Windows, when in fac the idle footprint of Windows will change depending on how much memory SQL Server demands. I get frustrated just re-reading the damn conversation.][1].


  [1]: https://serverfault.com/questions/121658/60gb-of-memory-32-bit-os-and-pae-vs-64-bit-os