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MAC G5 vs new intel MACs
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<blockquote data-quote="remain" data-source="post: 464653" data-attributes="member: 23182"><p>-You can run Universal Binary applications. They are compiled to run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. </p><p>Pretty much every new app that will be released from now on will be Universal Binaries.</p><p>e.g. Photoshop CS3</p><p></p><p>-You can run old PowerPC-only applications that have not been updated as Universal Binaries. </p><p>Intel Mac users can run these too through Rosetta, but it'll be slower than if run on a PowerPC Mac.</p><p>e.g. Office 2004 for Mac</p><p></p><p>-You <strong>cannot</strong> run Intel-only applications. </p><p>But these are rather rare.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ah, you have 10.3.9. </p><p>That's probably why you cannot run certain apps.</p><p></p><p>10.3.9 is still supported by quite a few apps, but it seems that these days, Tiger is becoming the minimum requirement. </p><p>I would suggest upgrading to Leopard when it comes out in October. (no point in buying Tiger now)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remain, post: 464653, member: 23182"] -You can run Universal Binary applications. They are compiled to run on both PowerPC and Intel Macs. Pretty much every new app that will be released from now on will be Universal Binaries. e.g. Photoshop CS3 -You can run old PowerPC-only applications that have not been updated as Universal Binaries. Intel Mac users can run these too through Rosetta, but it'll be slower than if run on a PowerPC Mac. e.g. Office 2004 for Mac -You [B]cannot[/B] run Intel-only applications. But these are rather rare. Ah, you have 10.3.9. That's probably why you cannot run certain apps. 10.3.9 is still supported by quite a few apps, but it seems that these days, Tiger is becoming the minimum requirement. I would suggest upgrading to Leopard when it comes out in October. (no point in buying Tiger now) [/QUOTE]
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