Hi, PowerPC mac is a mac computer that has a powerPC processor. Note PowerPC = Power Performance Computing(Not Personal Computer!)
Nothing. If you have an Intel Mac, you can use Boot Camp to dual-boot Windows. There is nothing you can do to run it on a PowerPC Mac.
You can run Windows 95 in an emulator (such as VirtualPC or QEMU) on a PowerPC Mac. You can also use a virtual machine like VMWare, Parallels workstation, or VirtualBox to run it on an Intel Mac. You cannot install it directly on either, as the hardware is not compatible.
Yes.
When you see the Universal symbol on Mac applications, that means they're made to run on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers. Simply install them as usual. They'll automatically run at peak performance for your Mac's architecture. And, it bears repeating, if your Mac is powered by an Intel processor, that performance will be nothing less than astounding - up to 4X what is possible on PowerPC-based machines.
When you see the Universal symbol on Mac applications, that means they're made to run on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers. Simply install them as usual. They'll automatically run at peak performance for your Mac's architecture. And, it bears repeating, if your Mac is powered by an Intel processor, that performance will be nothing less than astounding - up to 4X what is possible on PowerPC-based machines.
PowerPC Mac OS X apps are emulated transparently on Intel Macs. For "Classic" programs, you'll have to use an emulator like SheepShaver.
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.
Yes in fact if you have an Intel mac you can download the 32 bit iso and run it. If you have a powerpc you can use Ubuntu if you go into the downloads for a release you will see a powerpc option.
The requirements to run Office 2008 are: A Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (500 MHz or faster) processor Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later 512 MB of RAM or more 1 GB of available hard disk space 1024 x 768 or higher resolution-monitor Office 2011 will not support PowerPC Macs and will require: A Mac computer with an Intel processor Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later
PowerPC version of Ubuntu.
The Debian website has many sources of information for installing Debian Linux on a Mac with a PowerPC processor such as the eMac's Power PC G4. (See links below)