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From: Don Green	6/7/2005 3:31:54 PM
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Rosetta — the software to be used to translate PowerPC instructions to x86 instructions — is no good if your application requires a G4 or G5, or AltiVec." He's right, folks. According to page 67 of the Universal Binary Programming Guidelines,: Rosetta does not run the following: Applications built for Mac OS 8 or 9 Code written specifically for AltiVec Code that inserts preferences in the System Preferences pane Applications that require a G4 or G5 processor Applications that depend on one or more kernel extensions Kernel extensions Bundled Java applications or Java applications with JNI libraries that can't be translated If nothing else, this is a great way to finally flush Classic down the toilet — by the time Leopard is released, it will have been about eight years since Apple released Mac OS 9. Too bad Apple weren't able to bring the Velocity Engine with them though. It still handily spanks SSE in all of its various incarnations. macslash.org

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