Thread: Windows 7 RC version
View Single Post
  #49  
Old 15-05-2009, 03:13 PM
WRXTASY's Avatar
WRXTASY WRXTASY is offline
Subaru Tech Division
Member
  
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: In the Clouds
Posts: 1,159
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
WRXTASY at standard level
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by pete gopal
so the new macs that come with core 2 duo are actually 64bit processors...is os x leo a 64bit operating system though?
Pete:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/64bit.html

and
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...he_kernel.html

OSX Snow Leopard (out in 08 June '09) will allow direct addressing of more than 4GB of RAM (without using PAE), as well as full 64 bit execution of 64 bit apps.

Also Snow Leopard will be a far bigger speed increase for Core 2 Duo MAC users, system wide than for users of Windows 7 due to the way overlapping Virtual memory is used with 32 bit system apps in a MAC running Leopard.

Now aren't you glad you bought a Core 2 Duo Mac.
I know I am.

J
__________________
"You can turn your back on a person, but, never turn your back on a drug. Especially when it's waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eye." - Raoul Duke
Last edited by WRXTASY; 15-05-2009 at 03:31 PM.
Reply With Quote