Well it's true that he'll probably be calling me no matter what, but that said at least if he has 32bit XP then I can try and reproduce any errors or find fixes from home. I don't have a 64bit machine to play with so it would be harder for me to work over things without being infront of the machine I think if he had 64bit.
As for him being mad about being out of date in a year, his dad (My boss-kinda) a lawyer and makes good money (something in the range of a quater mil/year) so he can afford to buy X64 in a year or 2 when it is a little more widespread support. But I know what you mean Lee, you fix someones computer once and all of a sudden your suposed to be a 24/7 support center, on the other hand it's a little bit of extra money. And money is good.
I think I'll stick with 32bit as that seems to be the consesus for the most part, and I'll have to remember to put him in my called ID on my cell phone.
Thanks Everyone,
James