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Develop software for Macintel or PowerPC?
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<blockquote data-quote="sekelsenmat" data-source="post: 213623"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I recently posted a question about mac hardware support. Thanks for the answers. Now I would like to know more about the division between intel and power pc on the mac world.</p><p></p><p>Specifically, I am a free software developer. I am one of the developers the Virtual Magnifying Glass ( <a href="http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/</a> ), created with the Free Pascal Compiler, and I would like to port it to Mac OS X.</p><p></p><p>I don´t have money to buy 2 computers, so which ever I buy (x86 or powerpc) will receive much more attention and will be a product of much more quality. As Mac users, which one do you consider more relevant to have better support?</p><p></p><p>More clearly, should I buy a intel Mac or a Power PC Mac to do software development?</p><p></p><p>Also, Macs are quite hard to find here in Brazil, so I don´t have access to other Macs to test, and more importantly debug. In this case, whichever platform I buy will have a much more tested release, and receive more attention.</p><p></p><p>I can imagine power pc probably has much more users right now, but how long would it take for this to reverse we see more intel users?</p><p></p><p>thanks,</p><p></p><p>Felipe</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sekelsenmat, post: 213623"] Hello, I recently posted a question about mac hardware support. Thanks for the answers. Now I would like to know more about the division between intel and power pc on the mac world. Specifically, I am a free software developer. I am one of the developers the Virtual Magnifying Glass ( [url]http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/[/url] ), created with the Free Pascal Compiler, and I would like to port it to Mac OS X. I don´t have money to buy 2 computers, so which ever I buy (x86 or powerpc) will receive much more attention and will be a product of much more quality. As Mac users, which one do you consider more relevant to have better support? More clearly, should I buy a intel Mac or a Power PC Mac to do software development? Also, Macs are quite hard to find here in Brazil, so I don´t have access to other Macs to test, and more importantly debug. In this case, whichever platform I buy will have a much more tested release, and receive more attention. I can imagine power pc probably has much more users right now, but how long would it take for this to reverse we see more intel users? thanks, Felipe [/QUOTE]
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