64-bit GMP on Apple G5/OS X v10.4 (Rev 2)

[pbmcl at netscape.net]

Hans Aberg <haberg at math.su.se> wrote:

>>Apple's latest version of OS X, v10.4 Tiger, includes support for 
>>true 64-bit operation on its G5 models which use the PowerPC 970 
>>processor.
>
>Does this mean that there is no 64-bit support in for other G5 processors.

I guess I was unclear; there should be a comma after "models." Currently Apple only uses the 970 in its G5 models.

>In another twist, there is an article in the newsgroup comp.sys.mac 
>that says that Apple will switch to Intel processor.

Interesting if true. We'll know soon.

Phil

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