Hi;
As some of you know, a few months ago I bought myself an iMac. It is a PowerPC G5, blah blah blah, and so forth, et cetera.
Now Apple is going into a big change by bringing in those Intel machines.
Now it comes.
1. Do I require to buy a new Mac in the nearby future or else the software for it won't run?
2. I've taken on a new BMax Project that will take years to complete. Will that mean that once it's finished nobody with a new Mac (which would be intel, I guess) will be able to run it? (And if not, what can I do about it?) (There will also be a Windows version, so it won't be completely for naught).
3. What of my older Mac applications. If I would ever consider buying an intel machine, will those applications be lost (I already saw that OpenOffice.org does NOT support Intel Machines, for example).
4. And what is this "Rosetta", I heard that name regulary in combination with intel Macs. It's my guess it's some kind of emulation software. Is that what I need to run Mac Software that's compiled for Intel, and if so, where can I get my hands on that?
5. I still can keep updating BMax, without any risks my apps won't work any more?
Sorry for these silly questions, but I need to know if I got everything straight in order not to take any needless effords or throw away needless money. And I wasn't exactly able to extract information from Apple.
As some of you know, a few months ago I bought myself an iMac. It is a PowerPC G5, blah blah blah, and so forth, et cetera.
Now Apple is going into a big change by bringing in those Intel machines.
Now it comes.
1. Do I require to buy a new Mac in the nearby future or else the software for it won't run?
2. I've taken on a new BMax Project that will take years to complete. Will that mean that once it's finished nobody with a new Mac (which would be intel, I guess) will be able to run it? (And if not, what can I do about it?) (There will also be a Windows version, so it won't be completely for naught).
3. What of my older Mac applications. If I would ever consider buying an intel machine, will those applications be lost (I already saw that OpenOffice.org does NOT support Intel Machines, for example).
4. And what is this "Rosetta", I heard that name regulary in combination with intel Macs. It's my guess it's some kind of emulation software. Is that what I need to run Mac Software that's compiled for Intel, and if so, where can I get my hands on that?
5. I still can keep updating BMax, without any risks my apps won't work any more?
Sorry for these silly questions, but I need to know if I got everything straight in order not to take any needless effords or throw away needless money. And I wasn't exactly able to extract information from Apple.