supanatral
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I forget why but I've always been under the impression that OSX was designed for powerpc computers and have been modified to work with intel however OSX does not work with intel at native speeds. Is this true?
OSX for intel
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Nope, the OSX you got with your intel based mac is built for Intel chips, and it turns out Appel ahd maintained Intel builds for every version of OSX.
That said, older OS X software running on Intel based machines runs through something called Rosetta, which emulates the old PPC architecture, and might be slower than old machines if you had a fast G5 tower and switched to a macbook, but for instance, even using Rosetta, my MBP outpaces my old 867mhz powerbook by a huge margin.
Many programs had free upgrades to run natively on both PPC and Intel systems, so called "Universal Binaries" (UBs), though some didn't (like Apple's Pro apps, Logic and Final Cut Pro). Others are only just managing to provide UBs, like all the big Adobe applications, which will be UBs when CS3 is released this year.
Hope this helps!
That said, older OS X software running on Intel based machines runs through something called Rosetta, which emulates the old PPC architecture, and might be slower than old machines if you had a fast G5 tower and switched to a macbook, but for instance, even using Rosetta, my MBP outpaces my old 867mhz powerbook by a huge margin.
Many programs had free upgrades to run natively on both PPC and Intel systems, so called "Universal Binaries" (UBs), though some didn't (like Apple's Pro apps, Logic and Final Cut Pro). Others are only just managing to provide UBs, like all the big Adobe applications, which will be UBs when CS3 is released this year.
Hope this helps!