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Run iMovie '09 on a PowerPC G4
Authored by: schoschie on Feb 04, '09 09:05:49AM

This is crazy! A real old-school hack. I tip my hat.

And I'm wondering – is Apple checking for PowerPC platform in iMovie 09 because it uses code that is specific to Intel and won't compile on PPC, or – so that iMovie simply won't run on PPC, no matter what, just so that more people are forced to upgrade to Intel Macs?

The former would be expected, but I distrust large corporations enough that I wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter.



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Run iMovie '09 on a PowerPC G4
Authored by: Typhoon14 on Feb 04, '09 09:19:40AM

iMovie 09 does not require an intel Mac, it simply requires a fast PowerPC. Specifically, a G5 of a least 1.5 ghz. In other words, the check is there simply to prevent it from being run on old systems where performance is going to be very subpar.



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