can a mac do this ?

[takemehomegrandma]

Dear Friends:

I know nothing about running amiga software on apple macs.
I am thinking about getting a new mac, mainly to run the future-make
aladdin 4d (is supposed to run on macs).

I fully agree with what jorkany say above; don't hold your breath for Aladdin 4D. If you are planning on buying a computer solely to run this software, you might just wait until it's released. Chances are that the Macs sold by then (if it ever happens) has more power and better specs than todays (performance is something you can never get enough of when it comes to rendering).

But I have a question: is it possible for the mac to emulate amigas
or run amiga software ?

Yes, UAE is available for Mac as well! Google it!

[takemehomegrandma]

I run EUAE on my Intel Mac Mini.  It can do it but, as has been mentioned, it is not as good as WinUAE.  There's a lot of software for creative people on the Mac but they all have a price.

But the Mac OS can start Wondows from within OSX, right? At least it could do it before (and that was kind of cool). There you can use WinUAE. And while you are there, you can use the Windows version of Aladdin 4D instead of Mac. Heck, buy yourself a Win7 PC instead of Mac, Core-i7, with lots of RAM. It will be much cheaper than similar Mac system. Then buy the Mac (or whatever) version of Aladdin (the only way of getting the Windows version seems to be by buying some other version, and then you get the win version for free! :crazy:)