[OS X TeX] PPC to Intel

mark oilcan markoilcan at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 8 17:57:06 EDT 2005



--- Maarten Sneep <maarten.sneep at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> On 8 Jun 2005, at 12:25, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> 
> >> ...and so the question, for those who know best, will the
> transition
> >> from PowerPC to Intel be painless, as far as TeX (and all the
> related
> >> apps that we so cherish) is concerned?
> >
> > Regarding the backend most people use on Mac OS X: I have already a
>  
> > report
> > that TeX Live compiles fine on an Intellimac.
> 
> I would expect the 'Intellimac' (first time I hear this name) to be  

Personally, I would prefer Macintel as I don't particularly see any
reason to associate the word "intelligent" with a Mac using an Intel
cpu. Not that it's a big deal or anything....

Mark A


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