Hi Scott

Thanks a lot for that. I didn't think it'd be such a terrible boost, either, 
but I was very curious to know. What about incompatibility?

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Nic
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On Nov 9, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Scott Granados wrote:

> 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.
>> 
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>> 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
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