Playing the Sims 2

Everytime I start the Sims 2, it says that the game is optimized for power pc and that my gameplay will suffer because i don't have a power pc. On apple's website, it says that the Sims 2 is a universal application, however, I have to have all the graphic options turned all the way down on the sims 2 just to make it playable. Can i get a refund or exchanged for a product that will work. Any help would be appreciated.

i think the question here is whether or not the version of Sims2 that you have is universal binary or not.
what's the Sims2 version number that you're trying to run?
highlight the app and then command-I ("get info") to see the version number... or better yet start the Applications > Utilities > System Profiler, then click on "Applications" in the left frame, then scroll down in the right frame... if you look at the "Kind" column here, you should see immediately whether your version is PPC or UB...
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