FastAndSlow-alike utility for Intel-based OSX?

I just switch from Powerbook to my new Macbook Pro
but I can't use this software as it was only for PPC-based
do you guys have any alternative utility for the Intel-based platform?
thanks

no one knows an alternative method?
There is no alternative method. There's no way to change the speed of the Intel processors from a program. It might be that Intel didn't provide the information to Apple. Or Apple didn't build it into the operating system.
You can look at the pmset utility in the Terminal:
<pre class="command">man pmset</pre>
The parameters you'd be interested in are dps and reduce.
For example, to set a G5 to the highest performance, run these two commands back to back:
<pre class="command">sudo pmset dps 0
sudo pmset reduce 0</pre>
To set the processor to the lowest performance, use these:
<pre class="command">sudo pmset dps 0
sudo pmset reduce 1</pre>
You can try those commands on your Intel Mac if you'd like, see what happens.
charlie

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