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    The Mac Software Report: A Eulogy for PowerPC Applications

    November 17th, 2006

    This entire article may seem a tad premature, but I see the handwriting on the wall. You see, history is about to repeat itself. Back in the mid-1990s, Apple ditched the aging 68K chip in favor of the PowerPC. When native applications first arrived, they were offered in “Fat Binary” versions, which meant that code […]


    Is PowerPC Software an Endangered Species?

    November 1st, 2006

    It seems whenever I’m about to forget about the various conspiracy theories in this tiny corner of the world, and get on with my life, they seem to appear all over again. Here’s an example of what I mean: Way back when Steve Jobs first confirmed rumors of the switch to Intel processors in June […]