Star Thoughts on Mac OS X 10.3: Counting the Bits of a Panther
Linked by Jeremy T. Fox on Fri 11th Jul 2003 16:55 UTC
Mac OS X A recent article by Tony Smith from The Register titled "Mac OS X 10.3 Panther will not be a 64-bit OS" caused a good deal of confusion with many people, including me. It is also caused a heated argument here on OSNews. The basic point of the article is that Mac OS 10.2.7 and 10.3 are not "true" 64-bit OSes, but the article does not clearly explain what a "true" 64-bit OS is. This had led to a lot of claims that the article is false or misinformed, rather than just unclear, which is certainly is.
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Re: Panther IS 32bit (period)
by DJ Jedi Jeff on Fri 11th Jul 2003 15:20 UTC

Now, if you are a regular user, DON"T buy a G5, is hardware that you can't fully utilize with 32bit MacOSX, in other words, overpriced over kill.

You're missing one thing: if the G5 were a 32-bit machine the new G5 Macs would still be damn fast at a decent price.

And while you can't utilize the 64-bit chip yet to access more memory I assume you will be able to write apps that do 64-bit math.