Well Snow Leopard has been out for a few days now and it looks like there’s alot of happy people out there. The upgrade process is very simple and from the looks of it, it works 99% of the time which is pretty impressive.
Just waiting on Microsoft to fix Windows Live Sync that is currently broken.
When OS X 10.6 was being marketed alot was said about it being full 64bit and that that will make things faster. After the upgrade everything does appear to run quicker and booting is deffinatly quicker. However something that a few people probably don’t know is that OS X 10.6 in most cases will still be running in 32bit mode.
To check your install and change it there are many different ways, one of the simplest ways to do so is to run this software called Startup Mode Selector. (If the software mirror isn’t liked then we’ll remove it right away on request.) Be aware as it changes the Kernal mode you could experience problems. Just make sure you have an up to date Time Machine backup before you use it !
All credit to this website for the simple tool to check and change your mode.
Tags: OS X 64bit mode, Snow Leopard 64
VM Ware does not work when you boot in 64 Bit mode