Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Jun 2008 18:58 UTC
The original rumours concerning Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard stated that it would be available only for 64bit Intel processors, leaving PowerPC G4, G5, and early Intel Macs out in the blue. While Steve Jobs' keynote and the preview pages at Apple.com did not speak of any hardware cut-offs, Gizmodo got their hands on a hardware requirements document for the Developer Preview release of Snow Leopard, and it contains bad news for PowerPC users.
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RE: I hope they drop PPC support
by DevL on Wed 11th Jun 2008 20:23
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Hey, I've got a Mac Mini G4, a Powermac G5, a first generation MacBook and the latest Mac Mini and I for one can see the positive effects of dropping PPC altogether. Snow Leopard won't be relased until mid-2009. I don't upgrade my computers until at few point releases have been made (actually, only my Intel Macs run Leopard ATM) so the effects of Apple dropping PPc won't be felt by me until late 2009, early 2010.
By then I don't think I'll have much use for the Mini G4 and the G5 will probably be replaced by a Mac Pro or high-end iMac. At that time, I'd welcome whatever benfits dropping PPC will entail.
RE: I hope they drop PPC support
by Soulbender on Fri 13th Jun 2008 14:46
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... but that is because I only have an Intel Mac, I would probably think different (see what I did there!) if I had an older one.