[X4U] Running PPC programs on Intel Macs

[Chris Jones]

On 21/03/14 10:05, Christopher Collins wrote:
> I would normally agree, but I got the feeling that they were proprietary programs that he was unable to replace.
>
> Therefore, an older system is the simplest & best way.

proprietary or otherwise, IMHO it doesn't make any difference. If any 
its worse if its proprietary, rather than some free/OSS alternative.

>
> cjc
>
> On 21 Mar 2014, at 8:54 pm, Chris Jones <jonesc at hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Any application that is still only PPC, after all this time, is clearly not well support and living on borrowed time. My recommendation - Start investigating better maintained alternatives ... Buying a new (old) mac to support these dinosaurs seems a tad wasteful...
>>
>> On 21/03/14 09:37, Christopher Collins wrote:
>>> Buy a PPC iMac and run 10.5 or 10.6 (Does 10.6 still have PPC support?).
>>>
>>> It’ll be less hassle and less problems long term.
>>>
>>> Also G5 iMacs 17” or 20” aren’t overly expensive.
>>>
>>> cjc
>>>
>>> On 21 Mar 2014, at 6:18 pm, Ed Graf <edgraf at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> All,
>>>>
>>>> I have a friend who wants to run several PPC programs on his Intel Mac.
>>>>
>>>> He has tried to install 10.6 on his Mac using Fusion, something I have never used.  Is he going the wrong way?  (I only use Parallels but have not tried what he is trying.)
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you,
>>>>
>>>> Ed
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