Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-27 Thread Thuy
I don't think the question is whether the Mac hardware is capable of running 64 bit win7, I think I triggered the original concern by telling her that the win7 os would need to be 64 bit in order to make use of the full 8 gigs of RAM. Thus the issue is whether she has 64 bit version of Win7 install

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-26 Thread Scott Granados
It's also a little faster. >From what I've read performance is generally 3 to 10% better in 64 bit native >operation. That's a pretty small number though, probably not detectable by >humans in most cases. Shows up in bench marks though. On Oct 25, 2010, at 10:49 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > Y

RE: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-25 Thread Simon Fogarty
Yeah, if your hardware is 64bit capable, then you can easily run a 32 bit system as well. The laptop I'm using to type this, is running win 7 64bit, but came out with vista 32bit on it. My mac book pro has a vm of windows 7 64 bit and that's working in fusion 3.1. My choice to run 64 bit

RE: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-24 Thread RvR
isionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] Namens Braille Verzonden: zondag 24 oktober 2010 17:48 Aan: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Onderwerp: Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7 You can push 6 and 4 at the same time while booting to OSX. Otherwise, there is con

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-24 Thread Braille
riginal Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Braille > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 12:16 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7 > > While it is true

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-24 Thread Scott Howell
Scott > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Braille > Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 12:16 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7 >

RE: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-24 Thread Scott Ford
bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7 While it is true that recent Macs and osx are 64 bit capable, snow leopard on default is 32 bit. Do not know why Apple decided to put it 32 bit while saying everywhere that it is 64bit. On Oct 23, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Garry Turkington wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread Braille
While it is true that recent Macs and osx are 64 bit capable, snow leopard on default is 32 bit. Do not know why Apple decided to put it 32 bit while saying everywhere that it is 64bit. On Oct 23, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Garry Turkington wrote: > Hi, > > And any 64-bit-capable CPU you'll find on a

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread David McLean
If it's a modern Mac either should work. All my macs support 64 bit although the oldest Mac I have is from September of 2009. On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, LaMcAs wrote: > Hello list > > This is more for a friend but also for clarification. > > She has a Mac Book with 8gb RAM and has W7 Boot

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread Garry Turkington
Hi, And any 64-bit-capable CPU you'll find on a Mac or PC these days can run either the 32-bit or 64-bit versions of the OS. Garry On 10/23/10, Scott Howell wrote: > The Mac is 64Bit. > On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, LaMcAs wrote: > >> Hello list >> >> This is more for a friend but also for clari

Re: 64 bit or 32 bit Mac bootstrapped with W7

2010-10-23 Thread Scott Howell
The Mac is 64Bit. On Oct 23, 2010, at 5:37 PM, LaMcAs wrote: > Hello list > > This is more for a friend but also for clarification. > > She has a Mac Book with 8gb RAM and has W7 Boot Strapped on it. > > So what bit is the Apple Motherboard 32 bit or 64 bit? > > I would hope that as it has