Does Snow Leopard provide Java 6 for 32-bit machines?

Does Snow Leopard provide Java 6 for 32-bit machines? There has been some speculation that Apple's Snow Leopard would finally include a version of Java 6 that works on 32-bit Intel hardware. Now that the OS has been released, can anybody confirm whether or not this is the case?
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Guest [Entry]

"I have a 32-bit only Mac and did a fresh install of Snow Leopard. It is an original black MacBook (model 1,1).

Here is the output for 'java -version' which would be the default java version (as of initial Snow Leopard launch, 10.6.0):

java version ""1.6.0_15""
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03-219)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 14.1-b02-90, mixed mode)

Update: As of today, OS X 10.6.4 we have:

$ java -version
java version ""1.6.0_20""
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_20-b02-279-10M3065)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 16.3-b01-279, mixed mode)"

Guest [Entry]

"I came across this link.

I needed Java 1.5 for legacy app.

I've follow the instructions there and now I'm able to choose from:

The directory end up looking like this:

I not sure how trustworthy the JDK I've downloaded is, though. :("

Guest [Entry]

If you can't update to Snow Leopard for any reason you can always use this fix to get 1.6.0 working on your 32-bit macbook... works pretty good for me. I'll upgrade to Snow Leopard once I have time to make a safe backup of HD