The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    merom

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by vaio_boi, Sep 13, 2006.

  1. vaio_boi

    vaio_boi Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    604
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    What does Merom mean exactly? Is it just another word for saying 64 bit system? And what does it mean when people say 64 bit machines won't be able to work 32 bit stuff? What stuff?
     
    vaio_boi, Sep 13, 2006
    #1
  2. cashmonee

    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    787
    Messages:
    2,859
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Merom is the code name for the Core2Duo chip. It is the follow up to the CoreDuo, codenamed Yonah. Merom is a 64-bit processor whereas Yonah is not. Merom will handle 32-bit apps just fine, it will have them translated by the OS I believe. I would not worry about compatability, AMD has been all 64-bit for some time now and I have heard no issues.
     
    cashmonee, Sep 13, 2006
    #2
  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

    Reputations:
    4,982
    Messages:
    34,001
    Likes Received:
    1,415
    Trophy Points:
    581
    64 bit machines will run 32 bit code.
     
    ZaZ, Sep 13, 2006
    #3