future of PPC

[Ali Rastegar]

As far as I remember the WWDC 2006 version of Leopard had this system  
requirements:
- Intel, G4 or G5 Processor
- built-in firewire
- at least 256 MB of RAM for PowerPC and 512 MB for Intel Macs
- DVD Drive
However these may change until WWDC 2007 and/or final release.

On May 1, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Larry Cafiero wrote:

> Oh, there's no question, Ali: Leopard WON'T work on G3-based Macs  
> (or at least it's not supposed to), and I hope you're right about  
> working on G4s, because I was talking with an Mac tech a few weeks  
> ago and he said that Leopard won't work on the eMac (which is a G4).
>
>
> On 4/30/07, Ali Rastegar <rastegar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't worry, Mac OS X(10.5) Leopard officialy supports G4 & G5  
> PowerPC Macs. Only G3 support is in question.
>
> On May 1, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Larry Cafiero wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Norberto: That's exactly my point -- recently, Apple  
>> has really blown it in both customer service and hardware support  
>> when in the past they had been much better (and I base this on  
>> being an Apple user for 15 years). And now Leopard only works on  
>> Intel-based Macs? That sure gets a WTF, no? Especially if you  
>> bought a non-Intel Mac in the last, oh, year or so.
>>
>> Customer service and hardware quality are apples and oranges. It's  
>> a pity that the former isn't on par with the latter.
>>
>> Which, again, gets back to the point of what OS one should be  
>> running on pre-Intel Mac hardware, and I would like to think that  
>> there is a market for long-time Mac users who do not pitch their  
>> hardware for the flavor of the month running GNU/Linux instead of  
>> being stuck on, say Mac OS 10.3. I vote with my OS, and on one  
>> machine -- a G3 tower upgraded with a Sonnet G4 -- I'm running  
>> Yellow Dog.
>>
>> On 4/30/07, Norberto Quintanar < nquintanar at yahoo.com > wrote:
>> Larry,
>>
>> I know three people who Apple has left in the lurch with their
>> terrible customer support specifically when it comes to their switch
>> to Intel based chips.  All you have to do to verify this is go to any
>> Apple store in your area on a Saturday and wait for a disgruntled
>> person to start walking out.  Politely ask them what happened.
>> You'll get the picture.
>>
>> Norberto
>>
>> --- Larry Cafiero <larry.cafiero at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ---snipped-----------
>> > I'm sorry to inform you -- Apple was never "notorious
>> > for
>> > leaving customers with 3-month-old outdated machines," as you say;
>> > the truth
>> > is that it has been quite the opposite at Apple regarding support.
>> > At least
>> > not until now with Leopard, which I understand is no longer
>> > supposed to work
>> > with non-Intel based Macs.
>>
>>
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