Apple has very recently released build 8L2112 (Intel) to developers with a PPC apparently missing.
The build which is a massive 300MB is said to be drawing to a close with listed bugs being limited with the only known issues being; Running Cisco VPN client for Macintosh and Parallels Desktop for
Macintosh on same system can cause kernel panics.
The areas of focus for build 8L2112 are as follows:
- AFP
- DVD Player
- Graphics and Graphics applications
- iCal
- iPhoto
- Microsoft Word & OpenType fonts
- Modem usage
- Networking
- Printing
- Rosetta (PPC apps, especially scientific apps)
- Safari
- USB
The areas of change within this build and preceding builds are as follows:
- New in this seed:
- Fixed issue with Image RAW
- Fixed problem with CoreImage and web images
- Fixed issue with ImageIO
- Addressed issue with CoreImage and ColorSync
- Fixed issues with Rosetta
- Fixed issue with Xsan and File Manager
From previous seeds:
- Fixed issue with "getcat"
- Fixed problem with AFP Server
- Fixed issue with CFNetwork and HTTPS pages
- Fixed issue with LoginWindow and Fast User Switching
- Problem with CUPS and CDSASSL codepath fixed
- Fixed issue with ImageCapture
- Fixed problem with Rosetta and launching DVDs
- Fixed ColorSync issue with V4 ICC profiles
- Fixed LoginWindow UI issue
- Fixed Floating Point problem with Rosetta
- Rosetta sqrt issue fixed
- Fixed Rosetta pow() function
- Fixed problem with WebCore
[Update] - A PPC build is available labelled 8L112, details for both builds appear to point towards massive improvements in OpenGL performance and Multithreaded OpenGL.
According to some people I've talked to, multi-threaded OpenGL games will see huge gains in performance. With multi-threaded OpenGL, the game, for example, can run off one core/CPU, while OpenGL can work on the second core/processor for its processing. So they work in concurrent fashion instead of co-habitating one CPU. - InsideMacGames.