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The PowerPC transition restored Apple’s performance competitiveness, especially in multimedia and graphics-intensive markets.<ref name="macworld"/> The successful use of emulation and fat binaries influenced two later Apple transitions: [[Mac transition to Intel processors|to Intel x86 in 2006]] and [[Mac transition to Apple silicon|to Apple silicon (ARM) in 2020]].

However, Apple's [[classic Mac OS]] left little room for modern OS features, prompting a later shift to the [[NeXTSTEP]]-derived [[macOS]] platform. Eventually, PowerPC lost competitiveness in power efficiency, leading to a the Intel transition in 2006. The final PowerPC-based Mac model released was the [[Power Mac G5]] in November 2005,<ref>{{Citation |title=Apple Power Macintosh G5 Quad Core (2.5 gHz) |date=2012-09-30 |url=http://www.forevermac.com/2005/10/apple-power-macintosh-g5-quad-core-2-5-ghz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930005749/http://www.forevermac.com/2005/10/apple-power-macintosh-g5-quad-core-2-5-ghz |access-date=2022-05-25 |archive-date=2012-09-30 |via=Forevermac.com}}</ref> and [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard]] removes support for PowerPC-based Macs.

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