Um, I think by "System 7", he was referring to the REAL System 7...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_System_7
And as for the whole compatibility thing, Apple announced Intel-only
way back when they announced Snow Leopard. It's not a surprise. I
actually just finally upgraded my MDD dual 867
On Jun 9, 7:25 am, Dan wrote:
> At 2:43 PM -0400 6/8/2009, Alexander MacLeod wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Stephen Weber wrote:
>
> >And how long did you expect them to keep supporting the PPC
> >architecture, forever?
>
> yes. Or at least until the userbase becomes small. Righ
The entire "full OS" still has to be _maintained_, by a team of
people, who have to work with the Intel people, writing brand new code
for the PPC as the Intel version is updated. In your last message,
you said it was a simple matter of building a PPC version. I'm
saying, it's not. I'll reitera
I don't think that THEY will. "They" would have to pull off a pretty
big miracle to make Snow Leopard run on PPC. It's a fundamentally
totally different architecture and it's just not gonna happen.
Josh
On Jun 9, 1:41 pm, Steve R wrote:
> At 1:12 PM -07
I've had this intermittently with various PowerBooks and Macs and find
it's usually solve it by setting Processor Performance to Highest in
the Energy Saver System Pref. I don't know that that is a perfect
solution, but it's worked before to silence erratic fan behavior.
Josh
On Jun 9, 8:11 am,
My new 13" MBP just came in the mail today. I'm typing this on it...
it is sublime :)
That "x86 on a PCI card" reminded me of the old Apple DOS
Compatibility card that was available for early Power PCs?
http://www.mug.jhmi.edu/mirrors/infoalley/0496/25/pc.html
I actually have one of those in a
