Interesting article with mistake about PowerPC

[skateny]

http://www.tuaw.com/2012/11/05/snow-leopard-still-used-on-more-than-a-quarter-of-all-macs/

Comments are also interesting about SL and ML.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

What mistake?

 

[kylera]

I believe you're referring to the term "PowerPC-exclusive". As far as I know, it's grammatically sound, meaning "to exclude the PPC."

 

[zackkmac]

What mistake?

The article claims that Snow Leopard is the last PowerPC-supporting version of OS X when it was actually Leopard.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

The article claims that Snow Leopard is the last PowerPC-supporting version of OS X when it was actually Leopard.

Does that mean, that Rosetta in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was not able to run and thus support PPC applications? I know, that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was Intel only and not UB anymore, but I am still able to run PPC applications with it.

I guess "support" means something else in this regard. Bummer.

 

[skateny]

Does that mean, that Rosetta in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was not able to run and thus support PPC applications? I know, that Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard was Intel only and not UB anymore, but I am still able to run PPC applications with it.

I guess "support" means something else in this regard. Bummer.

Rosetta works in SL.

 

[Nermal]

The article is correct. Snow Leopard can run PPC-only ("PowerPC-exclusive") software.

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Rosetta works in SL.

Thus the article is correct, is it not? Or am I understanding the phrasing of "PPC support" differently? For me it means, PPC applications (not UB) are still supported and able to run, similar to Classic Mode on older PPC Macs.

 

[skateny]

I found this too.

http://www.technologytell.com/apple/108273/thoughts-on-snow-leopards-return-to-the-apple-store/

I'm rehabbing after hip replacement surgery. Can't wait to go home on Wednesday.