Will there be a PPC/AU version for mac?
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jimmyfredriksson jimmyfredriksson https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18048
- KVRist
- 50 posts since 22 Mar, 2004 from Sweden
Would be very annoying to actually buy a new MAC just to get Sylenth1. Is there any plans on a PPC version?
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- KVRian
- 553 posts since 25 Mar, 2008
This was ansered before (no problem if you haven't read the post it's been a long thread):
The answer was/is: No.
The reason is obvious: Already the majority of Macs that are in use today have Intel CPUs. That sounds surprising at first (I think I read that at macnews.de) but if you consider the enormous growth rates that Apple has since they switched to Intel then it's not so surprisiong anymore.
Porting to the PPC wouold mean that the x86-specific code would have to be ported to a platform that fewer and fewer people will be using in the future.
Since the Mac mini is around as powerfull as your 2xG5 (according to Sound & Recording magazine's benchmarks) the attractiveness of buying a new Mac will be more and more tempting.
Add to that the recent official announcement by Apple that they want to cut their margin to decrease the sales prices (while CPU power is going upwards).
The answer was/is: No.
The reason is obvious: Already the majority of Macs that are in use today have Intel CPUs. That sounds surprising at first (I think I read that at macnews.de) but if you consider the enormous growth rates that Apple has since they switched to Intel then it's not so surprisiong anymore.
Porting to the PPC wouold mean that the x86-specific code would have to be ported to a platform that fewer and fewer people will be using in the future.
Since the Mac mini is around as powerfull as your 2xG5 (according to Sound & Recording magazine's benchmarks) the attractiveness of buying a new Mac will be more and more tempting.
Add to that the recent official announcement by Apple that they want to cut their margin to decrease the sales prices (while CPU power is going upwards).
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jimmyfredriksson jimmyfredriksson https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=18048
- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 50 posts since 22 Mar, 2004 from Sweden
That is what i thought aswell. Hope to buy a new mac when and if the quadcore is coming to the powerbook pro. Well, some more waiting then 