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Originally Posted by photon
OSX went to a 64 bit kernel with Snow Leopard (though it supported 64 bit apps since what, Tiger?), while there have been 64 bit versions of Windows since Windows 2000.
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Further derail...
Nobody is running a 64 bit kernel with Snow Leopard by default....although many of the apps are 64 bit of course.
In this regard Apple chose compatibility over 64-bit pureness, a decision that differs from the one Microsoft took. Different companies, different priorities.