Is there any way to play PPC applications on Lion without running them in a VM?
The application in question is Halo Demo.
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2Erm, why did I get a down vote?– OdinulfSep 24, 2011 at 22:35
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Not sure. I think it's a great (if overoptimistic) question.– Nathan GreensteinSep 24, 2011 at 22:36
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Probably b/c PPC applications can't run in Lion. Just a guess...and no, it wasn't me.– daviesgeekSep 24, 2011 at 22:37
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@NathanGreenstein Lol.– OdinulfSep 24, 2011 at 22:48
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3An additional option would be to install Snow Leopard using VMWare (or another Mac). Then install Halo and update it to the latest version (2.0.4), which is a universal binary. From there, you can zip the game (.app) and transfer it somewhere safe. To install it under Lion, just drag it to the /Applications folder. From that point on, you can run it or update it without need of Rosetta.– user10355Sep 25, 2011 at 1:37
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No, there isn't. And if there was an emulator, it probably wouldn't be fast enough for games (unless it was the equivalent of Rosetta).
answered Sep 24, 2011 at 22:40
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1It wouldn't be playable with a Rosetta emulator either. Half speed at best. Sep 25, 2011 at 1:00
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@ChrisPage It sounds like an assumption. The game is from 2005 and requires nothing more than a 800MHz G4/G5, 256MB RAM, and a 32MB AGP Video Card. Modern Macs should have no problem whatsoever playing this game even under virtualization.– user10355Sep 25, 2011 at 10:24
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@ChrisPage To provide a comparison, a 2004 Power Mac G5 with a 2.0 GHz core, 512 MB of RAM, and a 64MB NVIDIA GeForce scored a 1700 on GeekBench which could run the game just fine. Most Macs from 2009 up score around 4000: primatelabs.ca/geekbench/mac-benchmarks– user10355Sep 25, 2011 at 10:30
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@cksum - but PPC code running on Intel is not using virtualization it is using emulation which is much slower– mmmmmmSep 25, 2011 at 11:05