From a0bf18c3c904464fdf743606a030b87410fe0dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bjarni Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 08:54:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (svn r4104) -Backported 4102: updated OSX docs about triple binary --- docs/OSX_why_multiple_applications.txt | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/OSX_why_multiple_applications.txt b/docs/OSX_why_multiple_applications.txt index fbb84e41e9..74205d7c4f 100644 --- a/docs/OSX_why_multiple_applications.txt +++ b/docs/OSX_why_multiple_applications.txt @@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ The reason for this is that Apple added more functionality to 10.3 and to make u The general download is a universal binary and should work great on all macs using 10.3.9 or newer, no matter what processor it got. You should at all time avoid the Jaguar Build if possible. +Technically the universal binary is a triple binary because it contains code for 3 CPUs and the CPUs in question are PPC (G3+G4), G5 and Intel. The Jaguar build is only optimised for PPC and other (newer) CPUs will not benefit so much from their advanced features. This is another reason to avoid the Jaguar build. It's generally slower on modern CPUs. + Current list of missing features in the Jaguar build: -Can't save screenshots or savegames if certain chars are in the filename. This mainly applies to European chars and hits German hard as the month Mär (Mar) can't be saved