Non Intel machines running Leopard System 10.5.6

**jnotias** · January 17th, 2009, 08:01 PM

Hi folks, I hope this isn't an old thread, I am a brand new group member and after briefly searching the threads, I do not immediately see a similar problem. I am running an Imac G5, Leopard, System 10.5.6. The download page says that it supports Tiger up until 10.4, and it also supports Leopard over 10.5 on Intel machines. No catagory for non-Intel machines running Leopard 10.5 and up. Is this the fact? What happens to the folks that have all those non-Intel machines? Is there something coming in the short future? This application excites me and I would love to partake, but it appears that people running Leopard, System 10.5 and up on non-Intel machines are stuck in limbo. I hope it is only temporary

, or there is already a fix somewhere. Thanks in advance for any help, cheers....

**agentlame** · January 17th, 2009, 08:09 PM

boxee does not support ppc... this is unlikely change in the near-term.

**jnotias** · January 17th, 2009, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by agentlame

boxee does not support ppc... this is unlikely change in the near-term.

Thanks for the swift reply, but aren't all machines up until the Intels ppc's. Is your macbook running os x 10.5.6 an Intel machine? Seems like they are dismissing an awful lot of machines out there. What is one to do:~(

**agentlame** · January 17th, 2009, 08:22 PM

Originally Posted by jnotias

Thanks for the swift reply, but aren't all machines up until the Intels ppc's. Is your macbook running os x 10.5.6 an Intel machine? Seems like they are dismissing an awful lot of machines out there. What is one to do:~(

it's in now way 'dismissing'... boxee would run on your toaster, if it could... it's a huge undertaking, and team-boxee does not have the resources.

the process can't start in boxee, it has to start upstream in xbmc:
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=206

trust me, we know people want it... there are two other posts about it just in the last 24hrs; but, until xbmc runs on ppc there is nothing that team-boxee can do.

**jnotias** · January 17th, 2009, 08:48 PM

I do not mean to sound like I do not appreciate what boxee is trying to do, but aren't there more machines NOT qualified than qualified at this point? Methinks it would behoove them to get a PPC and work on it. My Imac is as current as it can get without being an Intel machine, and I have many friends that also CANNOT run boxee, as a matter of fact, not one of my Imac friends will be able to run it. Maybe I am just talking out of my @#$@$, they probably just do not have the resources right now. Sorry for sounding flippant, but I want my BOXEE!!!

**agentlame** · January 17th, 2009, 08:53 PM

Originally Posted by jnotias

I do not mean to sound like I do not appreciate what boxee is trying to do, but aren't there more machines NOT qualified than qualified at this point?

boxee runs on:
linux, windows, atv AND intel macs.
are you saying there are more ppc macs than all of intel machines that run those operating systems?

you're really not understanding the undertaking it is to port xbmc (not boxee) to ppc.
please read over the link i provided... also, if you know c++ you could submit patches to xbmc.

**nalthien** · January 17th, 2009, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by jnotias

I do not mean to sound like I do not appreciate what boxee is trying to do, but aren't there more machines NOT qualified than qualified at this point?

Macs have been available with Intel for 3 years, and exclusively as Intel for 2.5 years. Considering the balooning market share numbers for Apple in that time; I'd estimate that your statement is incorrect.

That's not to say I wouldn't support a PPC port--but as has been pointed out--its a huge undertaking that (given that no new mainstream computer systems are using PPC) won't bear much fruit.

**jnotias** · January 17th, 2009, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by nalthien

Macs have been available with Intel for 3 years, and exclusively as Intel for 2.5 years. Considering the balooning market share numbers for Apple in that time; I'd estimate that your statement is incorrect.

That's not to say I wouldn't support a PPC port--but as has been pointed out--its a huge undertaking that (given that no new mainstream computer systems are using PPC) won't bear much fruit.

My ignorance preceeds me:~) But damn, they did enough to support all those other systems, you would think it would be just a matter of applying it to the rest. I guess I am just going to be left out of the loop:~(

**nalthien** · January 17th, 2009, 09:34 PM

If you're not familiar with processor architecture, its difficult to explain why its so much more complicated.

Linux, OS X (Intel) and Windows are all based on Intel processors (as is the original XBOX where all of this code started many years ago). Porting the code to run on a different operating system is trivial when compared to porting it to run on a completely different processor architecture.

**jnotias** · January 17th, 2009, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by nalthien

If you're not familiar with processor architecture, its difficult to explain why its so much more complicated.

Linux, OS X (Intel) and Windows are all based on Intel processors (as is the original XBOX where all of this code started many years ago). Porting the code to run on a different operating system is trivial when compared to porting it to run on a completely different processor architecture.

As mentioned previously, my ignorance preceeds me. I want to thank you and agentlame for your quick and friendly answers. I am just upset that I won't be able to enjoy the new app, but methinks that something else that will do the same thing will come down the road shortly. Thanks everybody......