Darth OS X Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Will leopard depend on 64-bit support processors considering all of Intel's processors are now using 64 bit or EM64T or whatever that name may be for it or will it be able to run on 32-bit. Just so people can think ahead for hackintosh setups and the like. Sorry for the beginner type of question but its worth asking I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDee Posted October 24, 2006 Share Posted October 24, 2006 Will leopard depend on 64-bit support processors considering all of Intel's processors are now using 64 bit or EM64T or whatever that name may be for it or will it be able to run on 32-bit. Just so people can think ahead for hackintosh setups and the like. Sorry for the beginner type of question but its worth asking I think. It will run on the following architectures: 32-Bit: G4, Core Duo 64-Bit G5, Core 2 Duo, XEON 64-Bit A lot of changes have taken place in Leopard since 10.4.4, so the question of whether 10.5 will be hacked to run successfully on non supported x86-x64 PC's is unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sev7en Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Does anyone knows what Leopard does with 64bit extensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macprodan Posted October 29, 2006 Share Posted October 29, 2006 Mac OS X Leopard ups the power of 64-bit computing delivered in Tiger. Build and run a new generation of 64-bit applications that address massive amounts of memory. Leopard takes 64-bit computing to the next level, while maintaining full performance and compatibility for your existing 32-bit applications and drivers. Enhanced 64-bit Support Leopard delivers 64-bit power in one, universal OS. Now Cocoa and Carbon application frameworks, as well as graphics, scripting, and the rest of the system are all 64-bit. Leopard delivers 64-bit power to both Intel- and PowerPC-based Macs, so you don’t have to install separate applications for different machines. There’s only one version of Mac OS X, so you don’t need to maintain separate operating systems for different uses. Bridge the Generation Gap Now that the entire operating system is 64-bit, you can take full advantage of the Xeon chip in Mac Pro and Xserve. You get more processing power at up to 3.0GHz, without limiting your programs to command-line applications, servers, and computation engines. And in just one great package: Leopard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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