I will start downloading the monero wallet now so I can compare.
If you are on Windows make to sure to use the official beta of the new release that is comming: https://downloads.getmonero.org/monero.win.x64.v0-9-beta.zip
On linux, compile from git
ps: don't troll, we'll find out @_@
So I feel completely idiotic right now ... this whole time I've been having trouble running these programs on my windows for 64-bit because that's what I thought I had, only to realize that I think I have a 32-bit because when I finally took time to read the error message that comes up when trying to extract bitmonerod.exe or something of the sort it says that "this application is not Win32 compatible" ... sigh, I guess that's what I get for being very impatient with things.
So I guess my question would be, is it worth it to try and run this stuff on my computer? Or should I just stick with buying monero and putting it into mymonero for holding?
If you have "C:\Program Files\" and "C:\Program Files (x86)\" then you have a 64 bit installation.
If you have only "C:\Program Files\" then you have a 32 bit installation.
Just use MyMonero. It's simple and secure in my opinion, but of course do your own due diligence