anyone who argues that 64-bit at the mobile level is worth anything other than being a marketing gimmick is an idiot. We've had 64-bit at the desktop level for

anyone who argues that 64-bit at the mobile level is worth anything other than being a marketing gimmick is an idiot. We've had 64-bit at the desktop level for years and the large majority of desktop programs have yet to find a way to take true advantage of it. All 64-bit does at the mobile level is introduce a ton of power loss for no real performance gain. The power usage Apple is reporting is likely due to other technological improvements that more than compensate for 64-bit's loss. The first poster had it right. All this does is screw up the rest of the industry, make them scramble, while Apple can buy time to figure out what to do next. Side note, Qualcomm's layoffs have little to do with their processor line...