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Re: Intel Macs

On 1/10/06, Rickmond C. Wong <rickmond@yahoo.com> wrote:
> just checked them out at http://www.apple.com. there's
> a standard called 'universal' which lets powerpc-based
> apps run on the new intel chips it seems. emulation
> will probably be slow as heck until they work out the
> kinks methinks

Once the application you're interested in ships as a Universal Binary,
no emulation is involved (this is what us old NeXTStep guys knew as a
'Fat Binary').

Some apps are shipping as UB now, all Apple's 'Pro' apps (FCP, Logic
Pro etc) will ship as UB in March.

There is an emulation layer - called Rosetta - which lets IntelMacs
run PPC code, but that's really intended as a back-stop.

The bottom line: with Universal Binary applications no emulation is
required on *either* Intel or PPC machines.