Java on Mac Catching up?

I just noticed that Apple has just released a new version of the JDK 1.5 . Included in the bundle is the 1.6.0_05 64 bit release. So does this mean Mac is finally catching up. IMHO, no because I'm trying to look at what is happening with Java 7. Which means I'm off exploring (yet again) options for being able to run the latest JDK offerings without having to wait months for versions that are out of date. And one other point, the 64 bit JVM suffers from a number of issues that are not present with the 32 bit version, word shearing being one of them.

VMWare was an interesting experiement that neither failed nor impressed. My feeling is that Parallels maybe different but will end leave me with the same conclusion. Next option is bootcamp. But deul boot is also something that I've never been particularily fond of. In writting this the option of least resistance is VMWare. I do have a license for it and maybe it's gotten better. One can only hope.