Not sure how much you've read back on the thread, but if you can get hold of an external SSD drive, the game runs much better off that than off a regular HD. I appreciate your suggestion. However, it is very unpleasant that one has to spend 50 bucks to get back into GW2 and than been told to spend more money just to upgrade a mac for a game that was once running smoothly without any problem. This 64 bit client has been a kind of disgrace for people that at the moment cannot afford a ssd or a better computer you know. Many others are unsatisfied with the decision of shutting down the 32 bit client and we do not even know the reason behind this. I just hope that we will get an answer soon and know how "us", owners of old macs can play this game.