A altecXP macrumors 65816 Aug 3, 2009 1,115 1 Oct 21, 2010 #26 Blu101 said: Why doesn't apple ship with the 64-bit kernel as default? Is there any benefit if the MBP can only have 8GB of physical RAM anyway? Click to expand... Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel
Blu101 said: Why doesn't apple ship with the 64-bit kernel as default? Is there any benefit if the MBP can only have 8GB of physical RAM anyway? Click to expand... Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel
Blu101 macrumors 6502a Sep 10, 2010 562 0 Oct 21, 2010 #27 altecXP said: Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel Click to expand... Ok. So what's the consensus? Stick with the 32 bit kernel a bit longer?
altecXP said: Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel Click to expand... Ok. So what's the consensus? Stick with the 32 bit kernel a bit longer?
A altecXP macrumors 65816 Aug 3, 2009 1,115 1 Oct 21, 2010 #28 Blu101 said: Ok. So what's the consensus? Stick with the 32 bit kernel a bit longer? Click to expand... You can try 64 and if your apps have no problems then you can use 64
Blu101 said: Ok. So what's the consensus? Stick with the 32 bit kernel a bit longer? Click to expand... You can try 64 and if your apps have no problems then you can use 64
C Corndog5595 macrumors 65816 Jul 16, 2010 1,112 0 Oct 21, 2010 #29 altecXP said: Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel Click to expand... Some kernel extensions and drivers might not work. Not apps themselves, but apps that install kernel extensions and drivers. Most of them will work (all mine do) so I wouldn't worry about it.
altecXP said: Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel Click to expand... Some kernel extensions and drivers might not work. Not apps themselves, but apps that install kernel extensions and drivers. Most of them will work (all mine do) so I wouldn't worry about it.
T toxic macrumors 68000 Nov 9, 2008 1,664 1 Oct 21, 2010 #30 Eddyisgreat said: As mentioned before, some Mac Pros and xServes have 64 bit enabled by default. Most certianly the recent ones. Click to expand... XServes (dunno since when) and the 2010 Mac Pros come with 64-bit enabled. altecXP said: Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel Click to expand... the 32-bit kernel can run 64-bit apps, and the 64-bit kernel can run 32-bit, with no problems. they just run it in the corresponding mode.
Eddyisgreat said: As mentioned before, some Mac Pros and xServes have 64 bit enabled by default. Most certianly the recent ones. Click to expand... XServes (dunno since when) and the 2010 Mac Pros come with 64-bit enabled. altecXP said: Some Apps dont work right with the 64-bit kernel Click to expand... the 32-bit kernel can run 64-bit apps, and the 64-bit kernel can run 32-bit, with no problems. they just run it in the corresponding mode.