[X4U] Running PPC programs on Intel Macs

[Christopher Collins]

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.

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