Mac Mini, Snow Leopard and 64bit ... problems.

Hi,
Hope you can help.
My Mac Mini = 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM. I assumed that Snow Leopard would run fully 64bit when I upgraded ... I guess I assumed wrong?
I checked my Mac Mini using a 3rd party app and got these results:
64 bit processor
64 bit EFI
64 bit kernel boot mode
32 bit kernel
... why is it using the 32 bit kernel?
I also checked the System Profiler and '64-bit kernel and extensions' is set to 'No'.
I finally checked the 'extensions' in System Profiler and all except the following 8 extensions are 64-bit ready:
System6.0
Mach6.0
Libkern6.0
IOKit6.0
CHUDUtils
CHUDProf
CHUDKernlib
BSDKernel6.0
Since upgrading I can honestly say I have not noticed any difference what-so-ever, this could be because I previously upgraded the RAM from 1GB to 4GB and got a nice speed boost from that.
So to sum up, should I be able ro run 64-bit? And if not, and I'm stuck with 'virtual' 64-bit with no noticeable difference, why did I bother buying the upgrade?
It was definately not made clear anywhere that I would have a reduced version with no noticeable difference in computing power nor added/upgraded apps, everything works precisely how it did before.
:S

Yes I've tried that seceral times in several different ways to try and force the 64-bit kernel to load ... no joy.
I've also used a 3rd party app to try and force 64-bit after a reboot ... no joy.
Have you got Snow Leopard installed and using it in 64-bit mode? And secondly have you seen any real benefit of upgrading? Honestly?
I don't mean to be funny about it but all I seem to have got out of the update is a lighter wallet :/

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