[X4U] Run FCP PPC on Intel Mac using Rosetta?

[Michael Winter]

On Jun 19, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Aron S. Spencer wrote:

> In the interest of accuracy:
>
> <http://www.apple.com/rosetta/>
>
> Not sure about FCP — it may have some hardware dependencies; but  
> rosetta is designed to allow PPC apps to run on Intel Macs.

For further clarification, I think there's been a mixup between  
Classic and Rosetta in the thread. My understanding (someone correct  
me if I'm wrong):

Classic allows OS9 (and earlier) apps to run in OS X. There is some  
overlap because some applications were written to run "natively" in  
both OS 9 & X. Classic does not run on Intel based Macs (or any Macs  
running OS X 10.5x). Classic bridges two different operating systems  
running on the same processor (PPC).

Rosetta allows OS X applications written for the PPC processor to run  
on Macs with an Intel processor. Since Classic was not ported to the  
Intel processor, applications that do not run "natively" under OS X  
will not run on Intel Macs. Rosetta bridges two different processors  
running OS X.

In short, Classic "translates" OS 9 programs to run in OS X, Rosetta  
"translates" (OS X native) PPC applications to run on Intel Macs.

As far as I know, there is no way to run "Classic applications" on an  
Intel Mac. I'm hoping this is where someone tells me I'm wrong,  
because I'd love a way to run Classic apps on an Intel Mac... though I  
believe there's a "Classic" emulator that runs under Windows that I  
could run using VMware Fusion....

-Mike
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