06-08-2020, 10:16 PM
sekker wrote:
Don't forget, the nearly flawless Rosetta emulation by the startup Apple acquired to make the software transition happen. PPC to Intel was far smoother than transition from Motorola chips to PPC.
Apple did not acquire the startup, they just licensed the technology to create Rosetta. Part of the reason for Rosetta not being included in OS X after 10.5 is that IBM acquired Transitive Corporation in 2009. You could retain the existing Rosetta installation in 10.6 when upgrading, and due to complaints it could be added via Software Update to fresh installs of 10.6. Not available or supported in 10.7 and above.