Prior to switching to the Intel processors Apple used the PowerPC (PPC) processors. They were developed by Apple, IBM and Motorola (the AIM alliance) with most of the manufacturing done by Motorola (IBM produced the 64bit G5) until they pulled out of directly manufacturing in 2004 with Freescale Semiconductor taking over the manufacturing.
Providing the Intel based computer is manufactured by Apple then their Mac OS X software can work on it. The Mac OS X user's licensing agreement prevents Mac OS X being used on computers that are not made by Apple.
Intel. See here: http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt
no, you can covert info from a mac to a pc, but not a pc to a mac
Providing the Intel processor is in an Apple Mac computer, and the rest of the computer parts are present too, then Mac OS X can be installed.
Yes it does...check the mac website.
The Macbook Pro comes with an 2.5GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz. Optional is the 2.9GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz for $150 more. The Macbook Air has a 1.4GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz with optional 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz for $150 more. The Macbook Pro with Retina display comes with 2.8GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz and optional 3.0GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz.
Yes and no. You can run Windows software on a PowerPC Mac using software such as VirtualPC for Mac or Q. A powerful Mac is required to do this as emulating a completely different CPU with a completely different architecture is VERY CPU taxing. However, running an Intel app on a PowerPC Mac is impossible. The code inside of the program is written for the Intel chipset and not PowerPC. If you find a "Universal" porgam, that means that there are two sets of code in that program, PPC and Intel.
PowerPC Mac OS X apps are emulated transparently on Intel Macs. For "Classic" programs, you'll have to use an emulator like SheepShaver.
Yes, Apple's Intel transition was the process of changing the CPU of Macintosh computers from PowerPC processors to Intel x86 processors.
It will install on most Mac computers with an intel processor doesn't matter what model of intel. It just requires a Mac built pretty much after 2006. Will not work on a power series such as a g3-5
NO you need Mac version of Photoshop Elements.
On a hackintosh?