Many parts of osx 10.5 are 64 bit but Snow Leopard completes the job making it all 64-bit. I guess when OSX first came out there was a whole legacy transition which involved emulators and support for older APIs. Each new version moved further away from that such as discontinuing the OS9 emulator and now dropping support for non-Intel processors. Note that the PowerMac G5 was marketed as the first 64-bit PCs so there are other factors besides 64-bit that is driving SnowLeopard to be Intel-only.
CB erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, the way I understood it, OS leppard is only partly 64 bit, the > drivers and some of the software that ships with it being 32 bit and > running in compadibility mode. Everything is supposed to be true 64 > bit in Snowleppard. I could be way off base, but I'm pretty sure > that's what I read right around the time we had all the furror over > screen readers for windows not supporting 64 bit opperating systems. > > Best, > > erik burggraaf > A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. > Phone: 888-255-5194 > Email: e...@erik-burggraaf.com <mailto:e...@erik-burggraaf.com> > > On 24-Jul-09, at 7:40 AM, a radix wrote: > >> Hello, Well the question is as the title says. I was wondering this >> since they all use core 2 duos in all the macs. >> Greetings, Anouk, >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
