7 Jan
2007
7 Jan
'07
6:10 p.m.
Chuck wrote
On 6 Jan 2007 at 19:41, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
My guess has to do with processors: i80486 binaries can run just fine
on Pentium+ systems.
The software probably can work just fine at 68040 speeds, but then when
run on PowerPC systems you have the emulation overhead which drops
speeds to around a IIci (25MHz 68030, think Sun-3) on a 8100/80 (80MHz
PPC601) Some companies didn't want the bother of maintaining two
versions (68k and PPC, especially after the PPC machines had been out a
year or two), so they would compile PPC only- hence the higher system
requirements.
So I don't see what's so restrictive about the Mac requirements at
all,
frankly.
You're right, it's a matter of small degree. Mac OS 8 = 1997;
Windows 95 = 1995. Intel 80486 = 1989; PPC 601 = 1992. It's pretty
much a moot point anyway--everyone's going to be x86 by-and-by.
Cheers,
Chuck