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    Can my MacBook Pro run 64-bit Leopard when it comes out?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Percybut, Oct 1, 2007.

  1. Percybut

    Percybut Notebook Consultant

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    My MacBook Pro in my signature has the Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz processor. What I believe is that all Core 2 Duos are 64-bit capable, right?

    So when Leopard comes out, I'll be able to install the 64-bit version, right?
     
    Percybut, Oct 1, 2007
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  2. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Yes, you will C2Ds are capable of running 32-bit & 64-bit enviroments.
     
    Thomas, Oct 1, 2007
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, all Core 2 Duo processors are 64-bit capable. So the MacBook will work in 64-bit as well.
     
    Sam, Oct 1, 2007
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    Yep - getting a 64-bit OS installed onto fairly up-to-date computers is short and sweet in this day and age. It's not like there's any OS-maker out there that makes you buy a 32-bit version first, and then make you go to an obscure website that you'd otherwise never find, order the 64-bit version separately, entering an authentication code that hopefully will work, paying a separate shipping fee of $10 or more, then having to backup your data and do a clean install of the OS, overriding everything on your computer to install the 64-bit...but only on select editions, unless you pay an extra $100 for a different edition, in which case it'll be included in the packaging...at which point you hope your drivers and software works with it...which it probably won't...

    ...oh wait..
     
    taelrak, Oct 1, 2007
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  5. dnjnyc

    dnjnyc Notebook Guru

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    LOL Taelrak -- well said!
     
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  6. Percybut

    Percybut Notebook Consultant

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    But Apple actually is advertising Leopard being 64bit with "Universal drivers". That is, 32 bit drivers will also work on 64-bit leopard. (so we don't have to suffer from the wait for everything to have a 64 bit driver in order to use a 64 bit OS).

    See here:
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/leopard/technology/64bit.html
     
    Percybut, Oct 2, 2007
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    smiley_lauf Notebook Consultant

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    so will all new apps that re being developed as 64-bit? or 32? In windows if ones runs an app (program) develeoped for 32bit on 64bit OS, I beleive it has to run through a virtualization system? Am I correct?
     
    smiley_lauf, Oct 2, 2007
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