Hi, Bill Cole wrote: >> This is all on 10.5/i386 - then I already started my luck on PPC, >> then 10.6/universal - and last 10.5/x86_64 > > Can you explain any practical justification for supporting Leopard on > Intel?
well, practical... because it is nice. Of course, anybody can jsut run and buy a new MacBook with Big Sur :) It started as a project, the final goal would be improving 10.5 PPC. Then I got an Intel laptop 32bit and put 10.5 on it and it works very well (even little faster than 10.6), I did just use it to test it certain software at the beginning, but then I loved it - it has a better feel than my newer MacBook, better screen (even if it should be the same!) and 10.5 looks just the nice compromise between 10.4 and 10.6 Then... I had issues with 10.5 because of 32bit (but which I was not having on 10.5 64bit) I went overboard, got another MacBook with 64bit and put 10.5! And guess what it works cool. Furthermore, about 6 months ago, MacPorts really had *everything* I need working on 10.5 32bit and 64bit with PPC being very close. And everything running 64bit, super! That, together with GNUMail and TenFourFox revived these "project machines" to real users... in the lockdown I changed the battery, keyboard... etc! Testing on 10.5 Intel is quite faster than PPC, although not the same of course Actually, the effort compared to 10.6 is not such bigger... on. It started out fun.. now it is useful... now macPorts has some issues these weeks, but I hope they can be sorted out again! Riccardo
