http://disqus.com/by/danmack/enThu, 03 Sep 2009 21:46:39 -0000http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/08/30/64bit-snow-leopard-kernel/#comment-15950469<p>Ack; okay that makes sense although I think that the score is even between M$ &amp; A$ :-)</p><p>Anyway, both of my Apple systems are running with the 64-bit kernel. The only add-on hardware I have is an SD card reader in my MBP and it still works.</p><p>I am excited to report that I have found a work-around for VMWare Fusion/Parallels not working in 64-bit mode. It's called : Virtual Box. Virtual Box seems to be working perfectly with my Mac Pro while running the x86_64 kernel and itself is a 64-bit application ... unlike VMWare Fusion.</p><p>This whole VMWare Fusion incompatibility with the 64-bit kernel has been a benefit for me as I wasn't aware how polished and usable Virtual Box was. If you guys haven't tried it, give the Mac version a try at: <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.virtualbox.org">http://www.virtualbox.org</a> !</p><p>Dan</p>danmackThu, 03 Sep 2009 21:46:39 -0000http://blog.fosketts.net/2009/08/30/64bit-snow-leopard-kernel/#comment-15624250<p>Stephen,</p><p>In your second to last paragraph above you say that you might never see 64-bit Snow Leopard on your MacBookPro4,1. Why? That's one of the systems that do run the 64-bit Snow Leopard kernel. I've set my MacBookPro4,1 to boot 64-bit by default (via sudo nvram boot-args="arch=x86_64") and with the exception of not being able to run vmware fusion yet, it works great. Or did you mean you don't ever expect them to run the 64-bit kernel by default?</p><p>I also don't follow how this situation with Snow Leopard propels Microsoft ahead or pushes Apple behind with regards to providing a 64-bit solution to its users. I wanted to play around with a 64 bit version of Windows a while back and that required me to shell out another $319 for a full copy (or about half if I go and buy some hardware that I don't need to get the OEM price) of the completely separately licensed version of Vista. I'll take my Snow Leopard for $29 thank you very much :-) I see it the opposite ... with Microsoft you must lock in and pay more for the 64-bit OS while with Apple everyone gets mostly 64-bit most of the time and some machines can have all of it all the time.</p><p>Perhaps I just didn't follow your train of thought and maybe you can elaborate ...</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Dan</p>danmackSun, 30 Aug 2009 22:07:08 -0000