Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

> http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/64bit/
> 
> That's a link to the 64-bit bumph.
> 
> I suspect that the reason they're not shouting about it is 
> that it's too technical for marketing.

Actually, I suspect it is because Tiger is only 64 bit in a small way. It is
not a true 64 bit OS. The GUI is still 32 bit. What Apple has done is to
give access to more memory to certain types of applications and access to 64
bit math routines too. It isn't at all clear to me that Logic will be able
to make use of that because it is a GUI app. Does anyone on the list have a
clear understanding of what can and can't be done in the 64 bit world using
Tiger. It sounds to me like only command line apps will be able to use 64
bit memory access.

Below is what Apples says about what kind of apps can be 64 bit under Tiger
- note that they specifically say that those applications are executed from
a command line:

"The focus of Tiger's 64-bit support is to enable C and C++ applications
that are most likely to benefit immediately from a larger address space.
These include scientific data processing applications, rendering engines,
and high load servers. These applications have naturally large data sets.
Typically, these applications are faceless-meaning that they don't have a
GUI-and are executed from the command line."