[Astronaut]

Please. Apple advertises Snow Leopard as 64 bit. It isn’t. On everything but an XServe it boots a 32 bit kernel. Apple continues to lie to its fanboy customers who lap it up, and fall father behind Microsoft in terms of 64 bit computing.

[o2bfree]

>>Apple advertises Snow Leopard as 64 bit. It isn’t.

As an Apple shareholder I take issue with what you’ve written. You sir are incorrect! You CAN boot Snow Leopard to the 64 bit kernal if you follow the directions right? All you have to do is hold down 2 keys at startup.

So with all due respect I ask you who is wrong... you or Apple?

By the way I run Ubuntu Linux 9.04 64 bit with 8 gb ram. Linux is definitely the way to go.

[Uri’el-2012]

Please. Apple advertises Snow Leopard as 64 bit. It isn’t. On everything but an XServe it boots a 32 bit kernel. Apple continues to lie to its fanboy customers who lap it up, and fall father behind Microsoft in terms of 64 bit computing.

See Startup mode Selector

[savedbygrace]

Either you don’t understand what you’ve written or you’re lying about it intentionally.

Snow Leopard runs a number of applications in 64-bit mode even when it’s booted with 32-bit kernels.

Do you understand the distinction between 32-bit kernels and 64-bit kernels? Do you understand the reason Apple has made SL boot with 32-bit kernels, with an option to boot with 64-bit kernels only?

Now if you do, that means you’re lying intentionally. I’m hoping you just lack the understanding, because that’s correctable. But intentional lying needs to be exposed.

So, would you like to give a go at answering the questions I’ve asked, or would you prefer to admit you don’t know? I can explain, or refer you to explanations people smarter than me have already written.

[Richard Kimball]

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Hold down the 6 and 4 key when you boot up. It boots up in 64 bit.

[Uri’el-2012]

Please. Apple advertises Snow Leopard as 64 bit. It isn’t. On everything but an XServe it boots a 32 bit kernel. Apple continues to lie to its fanboy customers who lap it up, and fall father behind Microsoft in terms of 64 bit computing.

Here is a detailed technical discussion about Mac OS X 10.6 & 64bits

[Swordmaker]

Please. Apple advertises Snow Leopard as 64 bit. It isn’t. On everything but an XServe it boots a 32 bit kernel. Apple continues to lie to its fanboy customers who lap it up, and fall father behind Microsoft in terms of 64 bit computing.

You're wrong. It doesn't matter whether OSX Snow Leopard boots into 64 bit kernel or not; it will dynamically switch to the 64 bit kernel when a 64 bit application is invoked. You can boot 64 bit by holding the 6 and the 4 keys at boot if you fell compelled to do so.