Why can't I run powerpc applications?

why can't i run powerpc applications?

Thank you Thomas!
fishellnb wrote:
do you know of any workarounds... ?
Installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7 in Lion:
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And on Mountain Lion:
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

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In defense of the original poster, I just went through the Lion page (http://www.apple.com/macosx/) and the sub-pages linked on the top (including the 250 new features) and nowhere does it say anything about dropping Rosetta/PowerPC compatibility. A simple compatibility line in the tech specs page could help these kinds of threads. Nevertheless, the argument that Apple should have made this change more prominent is quite valid IMO.
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