On Apr 17, 2011, at 4:15 PM, Michael G.M. wrote:

> 
> 
> On Apr 15, 7:46 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>
> wrote:
>> On Apr 15, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Barney Guzzo wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there a way for us with G4's to play Netflix movies on our Mac's?
>>> Everything I read says I have to have an Intel Mac.
> 
> Netflix is absolutely not Intel only. Silverlight installs for
> supported browsers and runs on AMD chipsets too. 
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/y96fe7v

Not quite. AMD -is- Intel compatible. Generally... any software that runs on 
Intel, runs on AMD. So perhaps a better phrase might have been Intel compatible 
only. Emulators? Not a clue, but the software would still see an Intel 
compatible "processor".

> Also, the amount of work involved to make a G4 compatible with PC
> parts will take more time
> than what it's worth vs. getting a mid tower PC case that will support
> ATX or Micro ATX mobos and standard power supplies that will fit in
> these cases.

Probably true!

Amanda

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