Apple's Universal Binaries... The recent AirPort updaters from Apple are Universal Binaries as this (french) MacBidouille article shows (and you can verify if you look at the updater in Tiger's Finder). The question that forms, however, is what Apple applications will be universal once the first intel Macs actually ship.
So let's take for granted - for the moment, anyway - that Apple releases (and ships) an iBook, PowerBook and/or Mac mini with an intel Yonah processor next week. iLife '06 as well as iWork '06 have been confirmed by our sources to be released at MWSF, and we can safely assume that those apps will be Universal Binaries. Here's to hoping that Apple's professional software isn't far behind. Recent releases like Aperture, however, are still compiled for PowerPC only. The only Apple software publicly released as Universal Binaries are aforementioned AirPort updaters. Still: If Apple plans to introduce intel Mac hardware as soon as next week, I guess that all application updates from Apple will come as Universal Binaries after that. If only to set a good example for other developers. Surely, some apps can be used in Rosetta emulation, but we don't want to see that nice technology in too much action. Let this transition be as short as possible... - posted by Patrick Armbruster @ 16:03 [article link]