iTunes 7.6 is out, with x64 support at last! Just as I predicted 
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
It redirects you based on your OS. Or download the 32-bit one here and the 64-bit one here.
Update: Sadly it isn’t actually a 64-bit binary. Lame, but what do you expect from Apple, who seem to be pretty stuck in a 32-bit world. At least it includes a 64-bit iPhone / iPod Touch driver, which is all that was really needed.
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January 22nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Thank you very kindly.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Thanks! Apple wasn’t very helpful with this…
February 3rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Oh my god, thank you so much for posting the link to the 64-bit download! I’ve been searching for it for a few days now… very hard to find. :/
February 4th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Vista 64, but not XP64.
Devon
February 5th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Thank you for the 64 bit link, I am running 64 bit XP, will iTunes still work even though I am not running Vista?
February 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pm
What, you can’t run the same binary on a 32-bit and a 64-bit install of windows? Lame, lame, lame.
February 25th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Some Guy -
Umm, yes you can. In fact, this iTunes release isn’t really 64-bit. It just includes the 64-bit driver needed to sync with the iPhone.
Drivers need to be 64-bit for a 64-bit OS. I suppose it’s not surprising that Apple took so long, since they’re used to the Mac OS which still isn’t really 64-bit.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:46 am
Mac OS not 64-bit? Are you serious?
Unlike Windows, which forces you to choose whether to run 32 or 64-bit, Mac OS 10.5 comes in a single version that is 64-bit but includes full 32-bit compatibility.
This is the problem with geek’s: Why should I as a user care if I want 32 or 64-bit? I just want to run whatever is available… But folks at Microsoft just don’t get it and force me to make the decision at the time I purchase the OS.
I am forced to work with MS products at work but switched to Mac OS at home about a year ago and I have not had a single day looking back…
February 26th, 2008 at 11:55 am
10.5 brings them closer to useful 64-bit support, but as I understand it, the OS itself is still vastly 32-bit. They took more of a DOS->Windows 95 approach. 64-bit apps strapped on top of a 16-bit base.
Non-geek users get whatever comes with their PCs. It is Apple who doesn’t get it, and is making sacrifices left and right for a scenario that doesn’t exist (users wanting to upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit on existing PCs, when their hardware doesn’t necessitate or often even really support it).
The Windows solution is a far more long-term approach, where the entire OS is in fact 64-bit code, but 32-bit applications run unchanged. The only notable break is in driver support. You need 64-bit drivers for most things.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Brandon - I have no idea where you get your notions about OS X from, but they are incorrect. All of 10.5 is 64-bit except GUI portions of the Carbon API (which are specifically being deprecated) and the kernel (which allows the use of 32-bit drivers, i.e. a smooth upgrade path). Under OS X, your graphics driver will not be able to address more than 2 or 3 GB of memory - sorry.
If AAPL eventually decides that drivers need 64-bit address support, then they will force devs to write new drivers (just like MSFT did with Win 95, Win 2000, Vista, etc.). Honestly it seems smarter to package it in with some other major change to the OS that necessitates substantial driver rewrites.
Regardless, the upside is that within a year or two, a majority of the *installed* OS X base will be running a 64-bit OS, so any Mac developer thinking about shipping a 64-bit binary will know that the majority of his/her customers can benefit from it. In contrast, I guarantee you that even in 2012 a majority of the Windows installed base will not be running a 64-bit version of Windows.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
P.S. I’m not sure why you’re complaining that iTunes is not a 64-bit app. Where is the 64-bit version of Office 2007? Where is the 64-bit version of Office 2008? Where is the 64-bit version of Windows Media Player for Mac? Heck, where is the 32-bit Intel version of Windows Media Player for Mac? Apparently by your logic, MSFT is “pretty stuck in a non-x86 world.”