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Is It Time to Dump Your PowerPC Mac?

June 16th, 2008

I remember when the first PowerPC-based Mac came out in 1994. Despite the promise of greatly-increased performance, my initial encounter was a huge let-down, mostly because there wasn’t a lot of software supporting the new processor. So just about everything, including large portions of the Mac OS, ran in 68K emulation, where performance was reduced [...]


The 10.6 Report: Time for Apple to Drop PowerPC Support?

June 4th, 2008

Before I get started with this commentary, let me assure you that I never take any of my predictions seriously. Yet it seems as if The Night Owl caught a wave with one particular article, and now other sites, including the standard rumor sources, are getting into the act.
So what am I talking about?
Well, on [...]