64-bit!

[Sporlo]

So Snow Leopard is a transition into 64-bit. I'm no expert on 64-bit computing, just the basics and that it's better (faster) than 32-bit, but I found out that most of the computers at the time of Snow Leopard's release couldn't even run 64-bit kernels, and pretty much all of them at the time didn't even run one by default, you had to boot the 64-bit kernel manually. I found this out quite a while ago, before we got a new iMac last December, and my MacBook was (and is) unable to run a 64-bit kernel.

So, realizing this, I pretty much forgot about the whole 64-bit kernel business. I actually open up Activity Monitor a good amount, just to check out what's going on and check out some properties of certain apps, and 2 days ago I was in it again because I was messing around with Flash stuff. I noticed the non-64-bit kernel on the iMac and decided to check it out again.

And luckily I found some great information regarding the 64-bit kernel from a random website and they linked to Apple info pages.

Now my iMac is permanently running a 64-bit kernel, and I feel really geeky but I thought it was really cool
There's a high probability that it was just me, but the OS in general felt a little faster. I don't have any good apps to test it on, because most of what I use is internet based, so I'm subject to the internet speed instead of the computer speed.

Cool Links:
General 64-bit nfo (includes switching info)
64-bit Snow Leopard speed info, very interesting
Macs that use the 64-bit kernel (Apple)
Starting up with the 32-bit or 64-bit kernel (Apple)

[Pablo]

Sounds great!