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All Mac OS 9 computers used PowerPC CPUs, which were a result of a collaboration between Apple, IBM, and Motorola. IBM's PowerPC 601 CPU - the first PowerPC CPU used in Macs.
Apple's PowerPC to Intel pipeline "We plan to continue to support and release new versions of macOS for Intel-based Macs for years to come," said Cook at the Apple Silicon announcement in June 2020.
Macworld With the announcement that macOS Tahoe will be the last Mac OS version to support Intel Macs, Apple’s preparing to ...
If you don’t, Apple will do it for you. Snow Leopard is Intel-only, and as such any PowerPC Macs will be stuck with the current version of Leopard.
The Mac Mini's specifications are similar to those of a PowerBook that's also in the EDN computer pool, giving credence to the oft-touted observation that (simplistically speaking) Apple repackaged an ...
The clock keeps ticking for Macs based on PowerPC processors as Apple's recently released iLife '11 content-creation suite is now Intel-only.
There are many reasons why you wouldn't want to browse 2021's Internet on a PowerPC Mac, even with a fully supported browser. G4 and G5 processors are an order of magnitude slower than modern ...
The emulator offers emulation for various PowerPC operating systems including Mac OS X 10.3 . According to reader reports, the application does appear to work, but is slow ...
Apple will boost its Power Mac line in what could be a much-needed overhaul of its high-end desktops. It won't erase the 'gigahertz gap' but it should narrow the chasm.
Apple’s startling announcement that it will begin a transition away from PowerPC chips to Intel-made processors has left Mac fans’ heads spinning, and not just because a former “enemy” of ...