You're right. Thats a much better way of putting it. On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At 10:25 PM -0500 11/23/2009, Robert Pangrazio wrote: > >So to try and put it simply > > > >OS X Universal Apps can run on either Intel or PowerPC processors, > >some OS X apps will specify one or the other. > > No, no specify. > > Universal means that the .app is for OS X and *always* contains > *both* ppc and x86 code. So it WILL run on either a powerpc or intel > based Mac, under OS X. > > The app may still be restricted as to what version of OS X it > requires because of the features it uses and/or the way the developer > built it. (eg: The upcoming Firefox 3.6 is Universal and requires > Tiger or better. The upcoming Firefox 3.7 is Universal but requires > Leopard or better). > > Note that "Universal" is basically moot when it comes to Snow Leopard > because SL only runs on x86-based Macs. > > >Carbon Apps can run on either Intel under OS X, or under either 9 or > >OS X on PowerPC machines > > Carbon apps are powerpc based, but can run under OS 9 or OS X > (again, with the same restrictions as above). If run on an > intel-based Mac, then they automatically use the Rosetta ppc->x86 > translator. There is no such thing as a Carbon Universal app - to be > Universal, you must use Cocoa - the native code-base of OS X, instead > of Carbon. > > Just to add some confusion... You can run a carbonized app in Classic > (OS 9) within OS X. Kindof strange to want to do so, but it works. > > Apple dropped support for Classic (the OS 9 emulator) in Leopard, and > never supported it at all on intel-based Macs, regardless of OS X > version. Sheep Shaver restores (most of) that support on the > intel-based Macs. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to > imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<imaclist%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
