No, this is not about 'can I install it...' thread. It is more about an analysis of the PowerPC Architecture.
I was thinking the last couple of days that my ibook G4 1.2 Ghz is still a useful and somehow powerful laptop and I was thinking that it seems to be 'slow' because of the lack of development of applications/OS for PowerPC
So I began thinking, if Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion were still PPC capable, would our PPC macs be able to run it 'smoothly'?
Why I am wondering that? Well, I've repaired laptops from time to time, specially mini or netbook. They seem to run Windows 7 Professional without issues and I can watch a youtube video with no problems. I am talking about the Atom netbooks. So, if such laptop with such specifications can run something as heavy (let's face it, W7 is pretty heavy) as Windows 7, PowerPC G4/G5 can run Snow or Mountain.
So technically speaking I believe the late G4/G5 can run those OS. Or not?
Please note that the PowerPC Architecture is not dead and it is pretty much the best and outperforms x86. Xbox 360, Play Station 3, Wii, use PowerPC
I was thinking the last couple of days that my ibook G4 1.2 Ghz is still a useful and somehow powerful laptop and I was thinking that it seems to be 'slow' because of the lack of development of applications/OS for PowerPC
So I began thinking, if Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion were still PPC capable, would our PPC macs be able to run it 'smoothly'?
Why I am wondering that? Well, I've repaired laptops from time to time, specially mini or netbook. They seem to run Windows 7 Professional without issues and I can watch a youtube video with no problems. I am talking about the Atom netbooks. So, if such laptop with such specifications can run something as heavy (let's face it, W7 is pretty heavy) as Windows 7, PowerPC G4/G5 can run Snow or Mountain.
So technically speaking I believe the late G4/G5 can run those OS. Or not?
Please note that the PowerPC Architecture is not dead and it is pretty much the best and outperforms x86. Xbox 360, Play Station 3, Wii, use PowerPC