Snow leopard

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

The was a mild discussion in another thread about Leopard as to it
running on PPC Machines.

This might seem as hearsay to mention on a Microsoft Forum. But this
might be an interesting read for the people using Mac and Office. And
for readers her that might be involved with the MacBU.

<http://www.computerworld.com/action...&articleId=9134037&taxonomyId=89&pageNumber=1>

If this link breaks apart just Copy and paste the parts.

 

[Sandy Foster]

The was a mild discussion in another thread about Leopard as to it
running on PPC Machines.

This might seem as hearsay to mention on a Microsoft Forum. But this
might be an interesting read for the people using Mac and Office. And
for readers her that might be involved with the MacBU.

<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxon
omyName=Operating+Systems&articleId=9134037&taxonomyId=89&pageNumber=1>

If this link breaks apart just Copy and paste the parts.

MacWorld posted a synopsis. They report that Snow Leopard is not going
to run on PPC machines.

 

[CyberTaz]

And according to :

Notes from the Keynote:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=1143

The matter wasn't mentioned in the

MacWorld posted a synopsis. They report that Snow Leopard is not going
to run on PPC machines.

And according to :

Notes from the Keynote:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=1143

the matter wasn't mentioned in the Keynote & is still unannounced

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[thg]

The tech specs and system requirements for Snow Leopard are here:

<http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html>

 

[CyberTaz]

Update: The Apple page on Snow Leopard does indicate Intel only.

 

[René Logeais]

Do we know if Snow Leopard will support Rosetta?

Update: The Apple page on Snow Leopard does indicate Intel only.

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

Probably will have to for a while. But Snow leopard is Intel only and 64
Bit.

 

[CyberTaz]

If Apple has any credibility whatsoever I don't believe there's any
question. I don't know it to be a fact but my understanding is that Rosetta
is a built-in core component of OS X design. Since Rosetta is what enables
PPC-based apps to run on Intel processors there's no reason to expect it to
"disappear" -- there are too many apps out there which are not Universal.

http://www.apple.com/rosetta/

From everything I've read 10.6 is primarily an enhancement of 10.5 intended
to improve performance & stability, not a radical revision such as OS X has
undergone in previous upgrades.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

I would think going to 64bit instead of 32 bit is a big change. And
Intel only is another big change.

 

[Phillip Jones, C.E.T.]

I n my previous reply I brought up the Intel only. That means MacBU has
more than enough time to pull out the PPC code and therefore Office next
incarnation might be the first that can't run on a PowerPC machine.
Therefore the promised feature return won't happen on PPC machines.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Matt:

That presumes they already have the PPC code.

In the case of Office 2010, they probably don't. The changes next time are
rumoured to be very extensive. There is a high proportion of new code:
there is very little carried over.

Which means they have very little PPC code left, and what they do have,
probably won't run with the new version.

So I wouldn't want to raise any false hopes: I suspect that Microsoft will
drop PPC next version. As Phillip says, it's a major change.

Cheers

There is no need to "pull out" the PPC code. As long as it can be
compiled on an Intel processor, they can just make the PPC only code 2
or 3 way fat. There would be no need to discontinue shipping binaries
with PPC code.

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