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Now we have Leopard, should we use Win7 64-Bit?
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I'm guessing you mean "now that we have snow leopard" should we run win 64 bit?
You could run 64 bit Windows 7 even on regular Leopard under Fusion/Bootcamp. I've been doing it for months.
Why not use both, if you need to?
I'd say if you have 3 GB RAM or less, run 32 bit. 4 GB RAM and up, run 64 bit.
If you have a number in between 3 and 4, you're probably running 4 but your OS doesn't support it all.
I'd say if you have 3 GB RAM or less, run 32 bit. 4 GB RAM and up, run 64 bit.
If you have a number in between 3 and 4, you're probably running 4 but your OS doesn't support it all.
The overall performance of the VM's will be slightly worse with 64-bit versions of Windows, at least according to Mactech. There's no compelling reason to switch your VM's over unless you need to allocate over 4GB of RAM to a virtual machine. Snow Leopard alone doesn't change anything with respect to 32-bit or 64-bit virtual machines, at least at this point in time.
As far as Boot Camp is concerned, I would install a 64-bit version of Windows there since compatibility is good and there are theoretical performance gains, however slight. If you already have Windows installed I see no compelling reason to reinstall a new version just to change to 64-bit.
As far as Boot Camp is concerned, I would install a 64-bit version of Windows there since compatibility is good and there are theoretical performance gains, however slight. If you already have Windows installed I see no compelling reason to reinstall a new version just to change to 64-bit.
So your saying if your using windows for both bootcamp and parallels stick with 32bit because then you'll have to install both versions and that will be a waste.
Another question I had is in Windows will you be able to select which graphic card your using?
If you already have a working 32-bit installation I wouldn't bother switching unless you are using 64-bit applications with known improvements under 64-bit versions of Windows. With that said, if you decide to upgrade to Windows 7 I would install a 64-bit copy right off-the-bat.
Under Windows you will be forced to use the 9600M GT. The 9400M is not available for use.