It does. Thanks. So then, for something like VLC, which has distributions for 
32, 64, and a combination distribution for both, I assume I'm better off 
installing the 64 bit package, or is there anything else I need to be concerned 
about?

Thanks,
Joshua
On Nov 2, 2010, at 4:46 PM, Scott Granados wrote:

> Hi
> 
> First, if you have an I7 you obviously have a 64 bit processor.
> 
> That asside
> look for the values of IODeviceTree and grep for firmware-abi
> 
> that value will tell you the value of your controler wich will be 32 or 64.  
> Use the normal io tools under terminal to display this output.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> On Nov 2, 2010, at 3:59 PM, Joshua Loya wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> I am unable to tell whether the processor in my Macbook Pro is 32 or 64 bit. 
>> I have a 15" Macbook Pro with an I7 processor. In the system profiler, is 
>> says that there is one processor and 2 cores. Does anybody have any useful 
>> information regarding this?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Joshua
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