I totally agree...It shouldn't be a requirement, but sadly, in vues case it is...They should change the  recommendation as you suggested or fix it...That said, for many 3D apps, it's a huge bonus to have all the memory you can afford...And 64 bit systems will use all of it....

"Or should I just wait until January 2008 when I can prolly upgrade to an all singing, all dancing 64 bit system with 8 Gig RAM???"

That is the way to go for vue and many other 3D memory hungry applications....I have been using XP 64 for over 2 years, I have 3 hard drives and 3 system for multi boot, including XP 32 and Vista ultimate 64...I stay with xp 64...I currently have 8 GIGS of ram(1066) on a Q6700 overclocked Quad...Very few problems with vue, and no memory problems.
Good luck

Right click on view display options (first icon in your main camera view window) and go to frame guides and change it .

I have a multi boot ststem, using  intel Q6700(x-quad). Win 32, 64 and Vista ultimate 64. As Keenart said, drivers are hard to find for vista 64. No big issues using Vue I 6, but I find my self using xp 64 the most. It's the fastest and most stable of all three OS. Using 64 bit will also allow the use of more memory. 32bit stops at 3 gig out of the 8 GIG I have installed,

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