Powerpc vs intel
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Name: Robert Runge
Date: November 19, 2005 at 11:00:55 Pacific
Subject: Powerpc vs intelOS: Mac OS X 10.4.3CPU/Ram: PowerPC 2.5 GB |
Comment: I am considering purchasing a G4 Powerbook. With Apple
transitioning to the Intel processor, is there any risk in
buying a PowerPC Powerbook now?
BR
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Response Number 1
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Name: bagamot
Date: November 19, 2005 at 18:20:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Probably not but if I were you, I would just buy a Pentium 4
laptop because #1, it's cheaper, #2, it's faster and #3, it will
be able to run Windows XP and Mac OS X without emulation
so you get the best of both worlds for less money.
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Response Number 2
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Name: bobw
Date: November 20, 2005 at 08:53:56 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)A PC won't be able to run Mac OS X without emulation, at
least the final version of OS X released for the Intel Macs.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Zmaster115
Date: November 21, 2005 at 08:11:38 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)You can currently run a native version of Mac OS X Tiger on PC's supporting SSE2 and SSE3 without any form of emulation.
It's in dev, and isn't publicly available, but because Mac is transitioning to the Intel processor base they've re-made their entire OS to run on Intel natively(because not doing so when you're going to be switching to Intel processors would be stupid).
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