Comment Re:Windows needs a clean break (Score 1) 471
Apple has been pretty good about providing some backwards compatibility. This includes the 68K emulation on PowerPCs
Apple did this out of necessity, not kind benevolence to their users. Most of the MacOS was written for the 68K Instruction set when Apple shipped the first PowerMacs. It wouldn't surprise me if half of the OS9x code is not PowerPC native. OSX, in the spirit of backwards compatility, will not install out of the box on my 4 year old clone. *sigh* I wonder if the predictors of the computer "revolution" envisioned disposable machinery.
Apple did this out of necessity, not kind benevolence to their users. Most of the MacOS was written for the 68K Instruction set when Apple shipped the first PowerMacs. It wouldn't surprise me if half of the OS9x code is not PowerPC native. OSX, in the spirit of backwards compatility, will not install out of the box on my 4 year old clone. *sigh* I wonder if the predictors of the computer "revolution" envisioned disposable machinery.
