macbook white, can support 64-bit?

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macbook white, can support 64-bit?

Need to ask a question about my MacBook White

It's Early 2009 model ( http://support.apple.com/kb/SP504)

My question is, will it support:
1. Snow Leopard with 64-bit
2. Windows 7 with 64-bit

MacBook White, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Mar 18, 2011 4:14 AM

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a brody

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Mar 18, 2011 5:21 AM in response to mhtjj

Welcome to Apple Discussions!

It supports Snow Leopard 64 bit, but not Windows 64 bit.
All Core2Duo and higher Intel Macs support Snow Leopard 64 bit. Windows 64 bit support is outlined by this article:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1846

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Mar 19, 2011 10:53 PM in response to a brody

Thank you for your help

My MacBook is this one: http://www.apple-history.com/?page=gallery&model=mbearly09&sort=date&performa=off&order=ASC

I read that article and got to know that my model does not support Windows 7 64-bit 😟

and good thing is that it supports Snow Leopard in 64-bit 🙂

What will be your suggestion, should I upgrade to Snow Leopard or wait for Lion to release?

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a brody

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Mar 20, 2011 5:05 AM in response to mhtjj

Depends what you need today? Nobody knows what Lion will bring yet. If you need something that will only run on Snow Leopard, get Snow Leopard. If you want to take the chance that Lion will bring something different enough for you, or you can't budget for Snow Leopard now, wait till Lion, or whenever your budget is better for you. And no operating system can change whether you have the hardware for addressing Windows 7 64 bit. That's something different entirely. You'll want a different Mac as outlined by that article I posted.

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Mar 20, 2011 8:56 PM in response to a brody

Sorry for all troubles.

Can you please explain me further what you mean by
"And no operating system can change whether you have the hardware for addressing Windows 7 64 bit. That's something different entirely. You'll want a different Mac as outlined by that article I posted."

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a brody

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Mar 21, 2011 2:58 AM in response to mhtjj

I mean exactly what I say, your hardware is what limits your Windows 7 to only 32bit support.
No amount of waiting for operating system upgrades will change that.
If 64bit Windows is important to you look at the article link I posted on Windows 64 bit support.

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a brody

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Mar 21, 2011 2:59 AM in response to a brody

The link being http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1846

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