Which Intel Macs are capable of booting the 32-Bit and 64-Bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7? Which are supported by Apple's Boot Camp? Jump to Mac Operating System - 32-bit or 64-bit? - Windows XP. Right-click on the Start menu and then choose Open. On the left side of the window that opens, find My Computer and right-click on it. Choose Properties. In the following window, If x64 Edition is listed under System, you are running a 64-bit version of Windows XP. Apple's Boot Camp software provided with Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6.5 (and earlier) offers 32-bit support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later on all non-server Intel Macs with the exception of the 'Late 2010' MacBook Air models -- the and -- which only support Windows 7. The version of Boot Camp provided with Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later no longer support Windows XP. Macs running MacOS X Server are not supported by Boot Camp at all. Apple does not provide support for the 64-bit version of Windows XP on any Macs at all either. Officially, Apple Windows 7 -- at least the 32-bit version -- on all Intel-based Macs with the exception of the following: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Upon first releasing MacOS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard,' Apple originally formally the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 on many Macs available at the time but retroactively dropped 'support' for the 64-bit version of Windows Vista and instead just noted that these Macs 'can use' the 64-bit version of Windows Vista. Consequently, officially, Apple only the 64-bit version of Windows 7 just on the following Macs and these Macs likewise 'can use' the 64-bit version of Windows Vista: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • However, based on reader reports via e-mail and social media, as well as hands-on observation, models officially unable to boot even the 32-bit version of Windows 7 via Boot Camp are capable of doing so with appropriate drivers. Furthermore, some Intel-based Macs that only are officially supported booting the 32-bit version of Windows 7 actually are capable of booting the 64-bit version of Windows 7, again, with proper drivers. Additionally, regardless of official support from Apple, as shipped, some Intel-based Macs fall short of the required 1 GB memory minimum that Microsoft for the 32-bit version of Windows 7. All Intel-based Macs meet Microsoft's minimum requirements for as well as. It can be challenging to sort out the official and unofficial 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7 capabilities for different Intel-based Macs, but EveryMac.com has endeavored to do so with the below. This chart is believed to be accurate, however, it should be considered subject to further revision. Should you have additional or contradictory information, particularly regarding unofficial capability based on your hands-on experience, please. Whether your computer architecture is 32-bit or 64-bit depends on the processor (CPU) inside your computer. The majority of computer processors fall into one of these two categories, with 64-bit superseding 32-bit over the past several years. 64-bit processors are exponentially more powerful than their 32-bit counterparts because they can hold and process so much more information.
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