Because everyone knows how awesome proprietary codecs are! If you want to stream Netflix cheaply, you can buy a PS3 for $300 and send it right to your TV, but as for Mac, I don't know what kind of support there is. Sent from a computer running either the SPARC, Itanium, or PowerPC architecture.
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 9:23 AM -0400 7/4/2010, Norm Rowe wrote: > >> I'm trying to watch movies Netflick on my G4 Mac but am told I need an >> Intel Mac. As I do not have that kind of money is there away around this? >> > > As I recall, Netflix is Silverlight based. > > MS Silverlight 1 is available for PPC, but then they went x86 only for > Silverlight 2... > > Silverlight is MS' proprietary rip off of QuickTime and Flash with some > .NET support thrown in. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
