[MacDV] Re: MAC OS X Panther?

[Thubten Kunga]

970 Macs, which will ship with Panther, will run all the current 32-bit 
software however faster the motherboard architecture will push it. Then 
64-bit recompiled versions of all our software will run twice as fast 
as that. Panther will just run in 32-bit mode on pre-970 Macs. Panther 
should let us run the software we have now on all the G4 Macs. As to if 
it will run on G3 Macs, that's an open question that should be answered 
at the developer's conference end of June in SF. My own guess is that 
Panther won't run on G3 Macs. But this is purely a guess and not backed 
up by any technical knowledge. I hope my guess is wrong.  Anybody on 
the list know about G3 Macs and Panther compatibility yet?

k

On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 03:53  PM, Matthew Guemple wrote:

> I like the next best thing as well, I just don't want to be out a 
> bunch of cash.
> Would it require a software upgrade as well... ie months of waiting or 
> working around while software catches up? Or will the old stuff run 
> (and like the altivec thing) just require a patch to make use of the 
> 64bit aspect? Or do we know that yet?
>
> On Saturday, April 26, 2003, at 06:38 PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>
>> Hey Matt,
>> You can stay in Jaguar for the rest of your life if you like. I like 
>> to keep moving up the newest food chain when it comes to the OS. But 
>> as far as hardware goes, I've been on a 500 MHz Cube for the past 2 
>> years and I'm just graduating to the dual 867 now — and then only for 
>> heavy duty work.
>>
>> But the IBM-970 Macs (I guess you could say they are G5, although 
>> they are not coming from Motorola) are going to be radically faster 
>> than what we've had to date due to their 64-bit wide pipe (twice as 
>> wide as now) and 900 MHz frontside bus (seven times as fast as now). 
>> So that puts more pressure on our wannabe glands to make the leap 
>> sooner than later. But that's just my opinion of pent up desire for 
>> much faster Macs. That may not be the case for many Mac owners 
>> including yourself. ; ^ )