Re: Keep or Return Brand New Powerbook?
- From: George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 19:49:38 GMT
In article <1137121506.778852.102310@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"bfschroe" <schroeder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for all of the useful info.
> To clarify:
> He needs this for school which is an all MAC environment. I'm not sure
> we ever want to run Windows and expose ourselves to the security and
> maintainence headaches.
>
> He generally uses Macromedia Studio 8 and Microsoft Office. Will the
> current OSX compatible versions of these appllications run on the new
> platform?
Only in emulation. It will likely be that way for a year or two. He's
better off with the PPC version in the here and now.
> He never uses the Os9 apps.
>
> Can you explain the distinction between PPC apps and OSx compatible
> apps. Since the new platform runs OSx I would assume that any
> compatible app would run on it.
Only in emulation. Most apps will have to be re-compiled for the Intel
processor before they will run natively. The new Intel Macs WILL run
most current titles in emulation, but there will be a performance hit.
How big a hit will depend on the app. Apparently, there's not much of a
hit at all with MS Word, but a fairly significant hit running Photoshop.
--
George Graves
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