PPC support to be an optional install for Snow Leopard

Posted in Apple | OS | Rumor 2

The recent seed of OS X 10.6 (Build:10A222) to developers has brought about rumors. Rumors of PowerPC support being an optional install instead of being systematically bundled with the OS. This news along with rumors that Snow Leopard may only run on Intel machines is making me and my G4 nervous.

    However, most common apps have already become Universal Binaries, which means that they are able to run natively on both PPC and Intel machines. So, even though the last PowerPC machine shipped from Apple less then three years ago, PowerPC users may be quite upset when they find out that their PowerMac G5′s and PowerBook G4′s will not be able to take advantage of the new OS from Apple.


    • mattyohe

      This has already been confirmed that it is indeed intel only.

    • Luke

      At the time I wrote this post (Dec.8th), specifics were still sketchy. But you are correct, it has now been confirmed.

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