Is Mac OS X Leopard going to be a Universal Binary?

A Universal Binary of the entire OS would be huge ... what a way to make the GBs melt away.

 

The current Tiger is a Universal Binary. Hence, I am using it to run my Intel Mac. Of course Leopard will also be a Universal Binary, supporting both Intel and Gx machines.

 

Sorry never mind/ we will suffer with Fat Binary bloat until Apple decides the PPC has met its life -- 3-5 years.

 

I see that I am not only confused, but just plain wrong.

I had noticed one day that there weren't two versions of OS X at the Apple Store online, so I assumed incorrectly. I suppose it makes sense that OS X for Intel isn't yet sold in a box as they all come with Tiger both installed and on CDs anyway.

Yup, I am wrong. Tiger in a box only supports the Gs.

 

I think the question is "Why wouldn't Leopard be a Universal Binary?"

 

I don't think the OS can be a Universal Binary. At least not realistically.

 

All dvd's shipping with intel macs are universal. The OS can be installed on both intel and ppc based macs. So yes, 10.5 will be "universal." In the retail box, there will be one dvd that will install on G4, G5 (still G3 maybe?), and intel machines.

 

http://rentzsch.com/tidbits/intelbasedMacBootIncompatibility

What did you do to install the Intel build on PPC hardware?

I disagree that there will be one DVD if only to slow down the inevitable pirating of it on beige boxen.