• Mactel

Intel Mac platform

"MacTel" refers to the Intel-powered Macintosh platform. Apple abandoned the previously used PowerPC processors in favor of the Intel chips in 2006. This new platform also requires software vendors to release a new version of their products that run "natively" on the new platform. It is, however, possible to run old applications in the so-called Rosetta emulation environment.

The first Archicad to run natively on MacTel machines is the Archicad 10 MacTel version

Version compatibility

ArchiCAD 10

ArchiCAD 10 has a native version for the MacTel platform, which was released later than the PowerPC version, therefore it is not a "Universal Binary" application - the MacTel and PPC versions are shipped on separate CDs. Read more

ArchiCAD START Edition 2007

ArchiCAD START Edition 2007 is not a native application, but runs in Rosetta emulation. The installer and protection module is compatible with the MacTel platform.

ArchiCAD 9

ArchiCAD 9 was released before the Intel-Mac era. It runs in Rosetta environment, but the Protection module has to be upgraded to WIBU version 5.20 or higher. You can download this from http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/downloads/WIBU.html

Links:

• Intel in Macs: http://www.apple.com/intel/

• Apple history: http://apple-history.com/

• Graphisoft announcement on MacTel compatibility: http://www.graphisoft.com/support/IntelMac/

• Archicad MacTel version Q&A : http://www.graphisoft.com/support/IntelMac/Questions/