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Apple finalizes PowerPC divorce with OS upgrade

Posted June 10th, 2009 by Shawn
CNET

Apple, a company that's rarely namby-pamby about making technological changes, has put its foot down once again with its Snow Leopard upgrade to Mac OS X due in September.

When the new operating system arrives in September, it'll work only on Intel-based Macs. That means Mac OS X 10.5, aka Leopard, will be the end of the line for those with Macs that use PowerPC processors.

Though the move led to some teeth-gnashing among those who felt left behind, it's not unreasonable in practice.

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Keep moving forward

On June 16th, 2009 pattii says:

Keep moving forward Apple!
If I wanted to use 10 year old OS's every day I'd be a Winduz fan.

• ~ ~ ~ • I left my heart in San Francisco.....among the Macs & Margaritas • ~ ~ ~ •

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