Re: Testing universal binary one the cheap
Re: Testing universal binary one the cheap
- Subject: Re: Testing universal binary one the cheap
- From: Ricky Sharp <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 06:46:19 -0600
On Wednesday, December 21, 2005, at 04:23AM, Stefan Pantos <email@hidden> wrote:
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Hi,
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I'm currently developing an application for a company. The
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application is to run off a CD and so cannot have updates to it. It
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needs to be perfect(Or as close to, as humanly possible). I'm a
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student without the financial ability to buy a Select or Premium
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membership never mind a Intel Dev kit. Is there anyway I can get
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access to an Intel based Mac in the UK to test my app. I'm 90% sure
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it will work perfectly(The same as the PPC version bugs and all) but
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I would be much happier if I could test it.
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Would be nice if there was a Rossette which did the opposite to the
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intel version in the SDK as a cheap alternative.
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Also it would be much better if I could test it instead of having to
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send it away for others to test as I'm not sure if the client would
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be happy for that to happen.
First, I agree with what Uli says in his reply.
Second, you may want to check out the various docs on Intel migration. I agree that testing on actual hardware is the right thing to do, but until then, you can at least take steps to ensure your code is sound.
For example, review all code that writes stuff to persistent store. Make sure you're either using APIs that sheild you from having to byte-swap or that you take care of that swapping yourself. Remember that it may be the case where your users may start out using the PowerPC flavor of the app and then migrate that app and its data to an Intel Mac. You'll want to ensure that the Intel flavor can work with those files that the PowerPC flavor wrote out.
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Rick Sharp
Instant Interactive(tm)
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