And people were wondering why I didn't trust them as the source of the switch leak.IJ Reilly said:Oh man, people get paid to write this kind of baloney? He doesn't even seem to understand Rosetta!
5300cs said:here's my answer to cnet:
My initial answer pointed to the Rosetta emulation software as the crux of the matter, and that was incorrect. The purpose of Rosetta is to translate some pre-OS X software to the new Intel-based Macs.
My initial answer pointed to the Rosetta emulation software as the crux of the matter, and that was incorrect. Rosetta, according to Apple is "designed to translate currently shipping applications that run on a PowerPC with a G3 processor and that are built for Mac OS X." That it should do with no problems. My follow-up question had to do with backward compatibility, if, for example, you wanted to run a newer Intel-based program on a PowerPC-based Mac purchased today. This is not an issue because of the aforementioned ease of making a universal binary that will run on both platforms.
stridey said:Changed it again. I think he's getting pissed at us...The paragraph about Rosetta now reads:
Any program that "requires" a G4/G5 (Altivec) won't run.killuminati said:Why did he specifically write "on a G3 processor..."? Isn't it just any programs that run on any PowerPC Processor?
stridey said:Changed it again. I think he's getting pissed at us...The paragraph about Rosetta now reads: