I didn't know the new core 2 duos were 64 bit... are you sure they are?
But Leopard will take advantage of the 64bit architecture, so in theory leopard should be much faster right? or is OSX already taking advantage of this?
emmmm, good question, whats the purpose of an OS? eventually, the question is " is photoshop/vlc/office faster?"
leopard is faster or not, is not a really a problem. IMO
If you really want to know if a 64 bit OS is "faster", rather then guess, you can just search around about the OSes already in the market, see if "vista 64 is faster than vista 32"?
Seeing as how Leopard will be 64bit through and through, do you think that this will increase system/application speed on Core 2 Duo's (since they are 64-bit)? Any thoughts?
now now let's not compare apples to crab apples
You will not notice any speed difference due to the mere change in 32bit to 64bit. Some killer apps may apply but I'm going to guess you don't use any scientific software.
crab apple are apples, you know. people mix them in the cider to enhance flavor, you know.
64bit Leopard or Tiger will allow PSCS3 to directly address up to 8GB of RAM.
32bit Win Vista, for example, is restricted to a system total of 4GB. (32bit maximum).
Leopard will be perceivably "faster" due in part to CoreAnimation handing off more of the UI functions to the GPU.
but rather the limits of the latest Photoshop architecture.
Wider registers doesn't imply faster CPUs unless instructions previously had to be broken up into successive feeds. For what an instruction oriented computer does 64-bit is total overkill. 64-bit lets you deal with inordinate quantities of data in RAM without swapping but it doesn't at all mean "faster". If anything it will be a bit slower as more data has to be fed into the CPU(s) and a lot of that will be "empty".Seeing as how Leopard will be 64bit through and through, do you think that this will increase system/application speed on Core 2 Duo's (since they are 64-bit)? Any thoughts?
Wider registers doesn't imply faster CPUs unless instructions previously had to be broken up into successive feeds. For what an instruction oriented computer does 64-bit is total overkill. 64-bit lets you deal with inordinate quantities of data in RAM without swapping but it doesn't at all mean "faster". If anything it will be a bit slower as more data has to be fed into the CPU(s) and a lot of that will be "empty".