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Re: Upgrade to what [message #82477 is a reply to message #82474] Sat, 08 June 2013 12:18 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Bruce Johnson is currently offline  Bruce Johnson
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On Jun 8, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Mac User #330250 wrote:

> I would think that any Core i5/7 model will provide enough power for the

> future.

> 1) Look for Core i5/i7 iMacs Mid-2010 (there are also Core 2 Duo systems!) if

> you want an All-in-One Desktop that comes with Mac OS X 10.6.3.


I'll add an endorsement for the first gen Core i5/i7 systems; my main work system is a quad-core i7 system and it's proven to be a solid machine. They run 10.6 very well, as I did that until late last year when I upgraded to 10.8.

However iirc both Quark 8 and Adobe CS3 are universal binaries, so they 'll run just fine on a Intel mac.

You can use System Info to find any PPC-only apps, see here <http://tidbits.com/article/12156>, but if most of your apps are of that vintage, I'd expect a lot of them to be Universal binaries, not PPC-only.

Be aware that there are other considerations; numerous Intel or Universal binary programs may not work for other reasons with 10.7 or 10.8: check here <http://roaringapps.com/apps:table> for an enormous compatibility list.

Also, a little more adventurous route could be taken with any modern mac via the info here < https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4785262?start=0&tst art=0> Install 10.6 in a Parallels virtual machine so you couls use any Mac running 10.7 or 10.8 to run an instance of 10.6 in order to use PPC code.


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