Hi James, and others. Thanks for the help, and the explanation on 64 Bit.
I had the idea what it meant, just was unsure if really was worth the switching. I did test it, and just check it if worked on my mac, and it does. Thanks again. Fonzie On Aug 30, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > And James I pretty much have heard that the average user wouldn't > notice a real bump in speed any way and really won't benefit from 64- > bit as well. The whole point is building the underpinnings of the > os for the next generation of software/hardware etc. A real bump in > speed will come from having solid state drives that can send/receive > data at the cpu's speed and even then how fast is fast. > On Aug 30, 2009, at 1:28 PM, James Dempsey wrote: > >> Fonzie, >> >> There's are two different things involved when talking about 64- >> bit. First is whether individual applications are running as 64- >> bit. If you have a 64-bit processor, then any application that is >> 64-bit capable will run 64-bit. 32-bit applications continue >> running as 32-bit. This happens automatically, and it depends on >> whether the individual program supports 64-bit. >> >> An application that is 64-bit can use more than 4GB of RAM, and >> also 64-bit Intel apps tend to perform better than 32-bit Intel apps. >> >> On SnowLeopard, just about every application that ships with >> SnowLeopard is 64-bit. You can check this yourself by launching >> Activity Monitor which is in the Utilities folder. Activity >> Monitor has a table of running programs. The "Kind" column in the >> table will say "Intel (64-bit)" for programs running in 64-bit, and >> just plain "Intel" for programs running in 32-bit. >> >> Everything that I described above happens without you doing a >> thing. If an app supports running as 64-bit, it does so >> automatically. If an app only supports 32-bit, it runs 32-bit >> automatically. >> >> The second thing involved is whether the Mac OS X kernel itself is >> running as 64-bit or 32-bit. According to this AppleCare article >> (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2937 >> ): >> >> "Third-party software (such as a virtualization engine) or hardware >> (such as a PCIe card) that relies on a kernel extension which was >> compatible with Mac OS X Server v10.5 may not work on servers that >> use the 64-bit kernel in Mac OS X Server v10.6." >> >> My guess is that there are enough kernel extensions out there that >> are not yet 64-bit, that it made sense to keep the kernel running >> in 32-bit, to prevent lots of users from having things stop working. >> >> Note that regardless of whether the low-level kernel code is >> running at 32 or 64 bit, you still get the advantages of >> applications running as 64-bit. >> >> So, that's the long answer to your question. The short answer to >> your question: >> >> "Should I worry about booting into 64 bit mode?" >> >> is no, you shouldn't worry about it. You are already, >> automatically, getting all the 64-bit benefits that are described >> for SnowLeopard here: http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology. >> >> -James >> ---------------- >> James Dempsey >> demp...@mac.com >> >> >> On Aug 30, 2009, at 8:51 AM, Fonzie wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi everyone, I hope your morning/afternoon, or whatever time it is >>> goes well. >>> >>> I noticed that.... Snow Leopard boots in 32 bit mode. >>> >>> I check the list of supported 64 bit Macs, and mine is surely on the >>> list. >>> >>> Should I worry about booting into 64 bit mode? >>> >>> If so, how would you make it so that it boots into 64 bit mode every >>> time, and not one that you would have to tell it too. >>> >>> Right now, the only way I know of to boot into 64 bit mode, is to >>> start up, and hold 6 and 4 keys down. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> Fonzie >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
