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iPhone SDK on PowerPC Macs

While Apple's formal requirements for the iPhone SDK is an Intel Mac running Mac OS 10.5.2 or later, one enterprising individual managed to get the environment working more or less on his PowerPC iBook.


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The only oddity Ive encountered so far is that you get 1 Warning when you build, because the target architecture doesnt match (PPC vs. i386) but thats to be expected. Also I dont know if the certificates that Apple hands out once youve paid your $99 fee will work perfectly with this system, so for now Id simply use it as a development environment and plan to get an Intel box running with the SDK sometime between now and Junes AppStore launch. It should be noted that Ive got Leopard running on the iBook. But, it works!


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Posted: 51 months ago
Attesor?


:D
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Posted: 51 months ago
Well, I know what I'm doing tomorrow night. :D
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Posted: 51 months ago
Any chance of getting it working on Tiger, or is that just not possible?
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Posted: 51 months ago
Am I the only one that finds this irritating?

How many perfectly good PowerMac G5's are there out here that are more powerful than most of the Intel Macs currently or EVER available?

Don't be starting this crap Apple. It's bad enough that some software developers aren't using Universal Binary and going straight for the X86 version....
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Posted: 51 months ago
Thanks for the linkage guys!! It's very cool to see it linked from MacRumors... I found out from my RSS reader :)

-Mike (that enterprising individual)
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Posted: 51 months ago

Am I the only one that finds this irritating?


No.
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Posted: 51 months ago

Am I the only one that finds this irritating?

How many perfectly good PowerMac G5's are there out here that are more powerful than most of the Intel Macs currently or EVER available?

Don't be starting this crap Apple. It's bad enough that some software developers aren't using Universal Binary and going straight for the X86 version....


You know which users are happiest with their Macs? The ones who set up a CPU and OS version for a set of software and just leave it running for YEARS.

When a new Mac that comes out that you think you need, ADD it, not REPLACE with it.

Apple abandons enough compatibility and hardware and stuff to use this paradigm forever.

The only risk is finding yourself looking for a low graphics resolution G4 to run Mac Draw 1.9 on. :)

You need two Macs on your desk. If it gets to three, reevaluate your sanity and attachment to old software.

Rocketman
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Posted: 51 months ago

You know which users are happiest with their Macs? The ones who set up a CPU and OS version for a set of software and just leave it running for YEARS.

When a new Mac that comes out that you think you need, ADD it, not REPLACE with it.

Apple abandons enough compatibility and hardware and stuff to use this paradigm forever.

The only risk is finding yourself looking for a low graphics resolution G4 to run Mac Draw 1.9 on. :)

You need two Macs on your desk. If it gets to three, reevaluate your sanity and attachment to old software.

Rocketman


Agreed. In fact, as my sig says, I have 33 Macs, and can run anything from System 1 up. Wait, doesn't that put me in that bad group....
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Posted: 51 months ago


How many perfectly good PowerMac G5's are there out here that are more powerful than most of the Intel Macs currently or EVER available?


kidding right?
don't tell me that you think the g5 can beat a c2d
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Posted: 51 months ago

kidding right?
don't tell me that you think the g5 can beat a c2d


I'd like to see some evidence to back up these claims. The idea that Intel won't be able to produce a chip in 5,10,20 years time that is faster than the PPC G5 sounds a little dubious. I imagine the current Mac Pros would out perform the PPC G5, although I may be wrong.
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