There is a way to change to 64-bit mode, but there is no reason to do so. You will not notice a significant change in performance and you may find some software or hardware no longer works. Not all drivers have been rewritten to run in 64-bit mode. Btw, yes, I ran in 64-bit mode for a while to see if there was any change and I did not notice anything at all. SO, I switched back and decided it was not worth the bother or potential incompatibility. On Oct 24, 2010, at 7:57 AM, Scott Ford wrote:
> If that is the case how do you get it to install in the 64bit version? > 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 > > 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 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 <scottn3...@gmail.com> 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 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 8gb Ram it would be 64 bit. >>>> >>>> She seems to think she is running W7 H P 32 bit - surely if this is a >>>> 64-bit motherboard it wont allow her to run W7 32-bit? >>>> >>>> I'm not clued up on the Mac at all so asking for clarification on all >>>> this, does what I'm suggesting make sense? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for your input >>>> >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> Larry & Elliot GD >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
