Run Snow leopard On PowerPC?

Question

Ok now i have a PowerPC based iMac G5 running Mac OS X Leopard and i had just downloaded the iPhone SDK and Xcode and when i tried t run it it said iPhone SDK is for Mac SOS X 10.6.2 and i really want the iPhone SDK but it doesnt support Mac OS X leopard and PowerPC based macs dont support snow leopard why dont people just install snow leopard on powerpc...what will happen, will macintosh crash, will apps not open... in short what would happem if i installed Mac OS X Snow Leopard On PowerPC

Answer 1

No it is not possible with out a HUGE risk of utterly frying your computer. Apple purposely remover ALL of the great PowerPc architecture from Snow Leopard so that means no support to powerpc macs. Which kills the PowerBook G4 I'm typing this on. lol. Either way Your mac should be enough. If not you should consider buying a used intel based mac at Gainsaver.com or Mac of all trades.com.



Best of luck

Answer 2

Absolutely nothing would happen. PowerPC and Intel processors basically speak different languages and they can't understand each other's programs. It's the same reason you need an emulator to play console or handheld games on the computer- consoles typically use different processors than normal hardware. OS X Tiger and Leopard actually had two versions of every program- one for PowerPC computers and one for Intel computers. With Snow Leopard, Apple got rid of the PowerPC versions so your iMac won't even understand how to install the OS.

Answer 3

If you "try" to install snow leopard on MAC OSX, it will not install and run, PERIOD.



Snow leopard can only run using Intel-based Macs, not PowerPC processors. As they use completely different and incompatible binary instructions.





It might be easier for an English speaker to follow a 200 page instruction manual (with no pictures) written completely in Chinese with no translators allowed.

Answer 4

Could there possibly be an older version of the iPhone SDK that supports leopard?



EDIT: for everyone that says it's completely impossible, haven't you seen iATKOS or iDeneb? They got mac to work with AMD processors. I think it's probably possible, but someone would have to make the right drivers first.

Answer 5

Very unlikely. Apple removed all the PowerPC code as part of the optimization effort.

Answer 6

Hi

this is a complex question contact apple for advice, but it sounds like it's incompatible.