Application - PowerPC

Hello,
i have mac Book Pro and i installed mac OSX Lion on that and now when i try to install some applications like Longman Dictionary it will says that : you cant open the application because PowerPC applications are no longer supported ?!!!
how can i solve this problem i really need this Dictionary for my studies !! Help me PLZ

Lion does not support PowerPC apps.
Lion upgrade questions and answers: Apple Support Communities

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Francine Schwieder wrote:
The only one who can help us is Apple. Obviously you find this just as ridiculous as everyone else does who actually uses their computer to do things.
While I usually think this kind of sweeping generalization is unjustified, here I do not. Spotlight has great potential, but "ridiculous" describes the implementation perfectly. I'm not terribly upset by the default to search "This Mac" -- it really isn't much of a hassle to have to click the folder button -- but the loss of the ability to choose any folder or group of folders is exactly the kind of "regressive functionality" that should have people flooding feedback with complaints.
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Is anyone else's new iMac slower?

Hi
I have recently upgraded to the new Intel iMac, and, although it has greater specs across the board, it definitely seems slower than my G5 iMac with lesser specs. When switching applications, it's particularly bad - almost like it's sticky. It's a bummer to get a new machine that is slower! I have also heard there is some compatability issue with the Intel stuff. Anyone got any clues?
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You have to be aware of the fact that some applications will be running in emulated mode (Rosetta). These are the programs that are written for the old PPC series chips (G3, G4 and G5). You will see a slow down for those applications as its having to emulate the PPC cpu on an Intel cpu. For applications that are written to work with both cpu's (PPC and Intel) the software is refered to as Universal code and its that software where you will see a lot of improvement. It will take time for all software to be rewritten into universal code (and some may never be converted as it will run okay in emulation). Right now all of the core OS X and iLife applications are universal and on my iMac 20 intel machince I can see a big difference in the performance between my old G4 mac.
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WildBill wrote:
Interesting. Dale says AppleWorks isn't supported in SL, but you're running it fine. Not sure where to go with the info you supplied me regarding the error message. I think Rosetta must be installed, because I have not been asked to install it.
Rosetta in SL isn't automatically installed. Unless you did a custom install to begin with, and included it then, or you've already run something one time and already triggered the install, it's not there yet. Again, if not and if needed, the system will react, so either way you're covered.
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/usr/libexec/oah
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Caution^^Close that window when done and do not make any changes there!
Another slightly less intrusive method is to simply poke around your applications, locating an older app, then doing a get info...note if 'Kind:' is 'Application (PowerPC)' ...find one that is and run it. If the prompt to install doesn't pop up, then you are good to go.

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''Classic environment no longer supported.''
Does the icon look like "Ghostbusters" - like above; and does the "Get Info" panel show "Kind: Application (PowerPC)?
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