I boot holding down the 6 and 4 and find I get a very slight boost if any. I understand it's between 3 and 10% but anything I think I feel I honestly believe is the placibo effect.
My VM seems a little snapper as well but again that could be my experience playing tricks on me. On Nov 8, 2010, at 10:13 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > Now that we are talking about 32-bit and 64-bit, I know that regular Macbooks > cannot boot into 64-bit mode. It also sounds like there is some confusion. > > No Mac, Pro or otherwise, boots into 64-bit by default. You either have to > set it, or hold down 6 and 4 during startup. This is the kernel. Snow Leopard > is 64-bit, but that only means it runs 64-bit applications. It does not use > the 64-bit extentions, which is the kernel booting as 64-bit. > > If anyone tries this, I'd like to know about their compatibility issues, > speed, etc. > > Regards, > Nic > GoogleTalk: [email protected] > Facebook > Twitter > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: [email protected] > Yahoo! Messenger: cin368 > AIM: cincinster > > On Nov 9, 2010, at 6:59 AM, M. Taylor wrote: > >> Why would one wish to boot into 32-bit mode instead of 64-bit mode? >> >> Mark >> On Nov 8, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> About a month ago someone wrote how to switch from 64 to 32 bit mode on a >>> macbook pro. Can someone please re post these instructions? >>> >>> TIA >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
