Confused between universal and powerpc apps!

[manjurr]

Hi guys,

First time poster, long time lurker! I got my macbook yesterday, 2 ghz white (hooray for toilet seats!), and am a little bit confused between universal and powerpc apps. From what I understood, the universal apps are for Intel Macs, while the PowerPc apps are for the G4 procs. Now, my confusion is here: CAN I run PowerPc apps in my macbook? Because I need to use a few apps that I know are not universal (Office Mac, for one), and was wondering if I can actually run it because of Rosetta?

Thank you for your patience!

 

[mark!]

Universal means it is universal, it is for both PowerPC and Intel. It is rare you will find an Intel only Application.

Rosetta will allow you to run PowerPC applications on your MacBook, so you can install Office and such as you wish.

 

[plinden]

But not all PPC apps will work under Rosetta, especially (or perhaps particularly) those that add kernel extensions. Examples that I know of are VPN clients such as Cisco's. The Cisco VPN client is now Universal, but unlike most PPC apps, the PPC version won't work at all.

But most PPC applications do work under Rosetta.

 

[mark!]

Some screensavers don't work either.

Same with System Preferences panels that aren't universal.

 

[manjurr]

Cool! Thank you SO much!! Now I can install me Word and start on the essaying!

 

[discoforce]

Cool! Thank you SO much!! Now I can install me Word and start on the essaying!

Enjoy! And while you're at it, you may want to check out your trial version of Pages (should be on your computer). Congrats on your toilet sea, er, MacBook!

 

[balamw]

Some screensavers don't work either.

Same with System Preferences panels that aren't universal.

PPC web browser plugins are also a broad category that doesn't work unless you are running your browser in Rosetta mode...

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