MacBook Pro 64-bit

milan03 · Mar 26, 2006, 01:50 AM

When is the 64bit version of macbook pro gonna come out if ever? Does any of you have any idea?

Thanks for your replies.

Duff-Man · Mar 26, 2006, 01:57 AM

Duff-Man says...is it that important? Have you read the endless info out there about 64bit and what it really means? The MacBook Pro's are just now shipping in quantity, anything anybody tells you here about future upgrades is just idle speculation and not based on any reliable information...once again...if you need something, buy it, it will do everything you want it to...oh yeah!

spaceballl · Mar 26, 2006, 02:01 AM

Intel's successor to the current chip (yonah, used in MB Pro) is expected to debut toward the end of the year. It should support 64 bit.

This chip will be much better than Yonah due to larger cache, higher clockspeeds, and lower power consumption.

However, the 64 bit feature isn't that great. OS X doesn't utilize any special 64 bit features, even if you're running on a G5. So don't worry about the 64 bit stuff, not at least for a few years or so.

milan03 · Mar 26, 2006, 02:09 AM

Thanks so much for your fast replies.

g0gie · Mar 26, 2006, 03:46 AM

actually the current chips in the macbook pro are 64 bit, except that its not enabled :X and yes, the next intel chip 'merom" is 64 bit, and apparently quite a jump in power compared to yonah

rendezvouscp · Mar 26, 2006, 03:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaceballl

However, the 64 bit feature isn't that great. OS X doesn't utilize any special 64 bit features, even if you're running on a G5. So don't worry about the 64 bit stuff, not at least for a few years or so.

That's not true. From what I understand, there are libraries (and plug-ins for apps) that have been built to utilize the G5's 64-bit capabilities. While all of Mac OS X isn't 64-bit (which makes sense), the things that need to or should be 64-bit are.
-Chasen

mmmcheese · Mar 26, 2006, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaceballl

...This chip will be much better than Yonah due to larger cache, higher clockspeeds, and lower power consumption...

That's not quite true...what Intel said was more processing power per watt. The power consumption will likely be the same as Yonah, but at higher clock rates...so you will have faster machines with the same power consumption.

This is of course just for the mobile processors which are fairly low power consumption anyway. The place where you'll see power consumption drop while overall speed increases is in the desktop processors where the current P4 based chips run at an insane 110+ watts.

The biggest draw on notebooks these days are screens...large bright screens kill battery life.

MacDonaldsd · Mar 26, 2006, 02:04 PM

Im sure a few high end apps take advantage of 64 bit.

trogdor! · Mar 27, 2006, 01:37 AM

Th 64 bit technology is definatly not completly understood by everyone. It will come with new revisions.

generik · Mar 27, 2006, 03:55 AM

You don't want a 64 bit MBP, but what you will really want will be a MBP with Robson caching, and that's supposedly coming with PC laptops next year (~ Q1 2007)

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milan03 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2002	MacBook Pro 64-bit When is the 64bit version of macbook pro gonna come out if ever? Does any of you have any idea? Thanks for your replies.

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Duff-Man macrumors 68030 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Albuquerque, NM	Duff-Man says...is it that important? Have you read the endless info out there about 64bit and what it really means? The MacBook Pro's are just now shipping in quantity, anything anybody tells you here about future upgrades is just idle speculation and not based on any reliable information...once again...if you need something, buy it, it will do everything you want it to...oh yeah! __________________ Duff-Man computes with...Mac Pro 3.2GHz 8 core 18GB RAM + MacBook Pro 2.5GHz C2D + 16GB iPod Nano + iPhone 3Gs 16GB...Oh Yeah!

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Mar 26, 2006, 02:01 AM	#3
spaceballl macrumors 68000 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Silicon Valley	Intel's successor to the current chip (yonah, used in MB Pro) is expected to debut toward the end of the year. It should support 64 bit. This chip will be much better than Yonah due to larger cache, higher clockspeeds, and lower power consumption. However, the 64 bit feature isn't that great. OS X doesn't utilize any special 64 bit features, even if you're running on a G5. So don't worry about the 64 bit stuff, not at least for a few years or so.

Mar 26, 2006, 02:09 AM	#4
milan03 Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2002	Thanks so much for your fast replies.

Mar 26, 2006, 02:04 PM	#8
MacDonaldsd macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London , UK	Im sure a few high end apps take advantage of 64 bit.

Mar 27, 2006, 01:37 AM	#9
trogdor! macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2006	Th 64 bit technology is definatly not completly understood by everyone. It will come with new revisions.

Mar 27, 2006, 03:55 AM	#10
generik Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minitrue	You don't want a 64 bit MBP, but what you will really want will be a MBP with Robson caching, and that's supposedly coming with PC laptops next year (~ Q1 2007)