Rosetta Emulation Mode?

There's an Apple article that describes this:

Here's how you can force a Universal application to open using Rosetta:

Click the application's icon in the Finder, such as Safari's icon.
From the Finder File menu, choose Get Info (or press Command-I).
Select the checkbox named "Open using Rosetta."
Close the Get Info window.
Now, when you double-click the application, it will open with Rosetta, and any non-Universal plug-ins should work.

The entire article is here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303120-en

Your OS X comes with a universal Shockwave plug-in Do not replace it with the PPC version. If you download the most recent universal binary version of Flash it incorporates Shockwave. Using PPC plug-ins will only work if you force Safari to operate in Rosetta which will result in a major reduction in performance.

BTW, Safari does not have to run in Rosetta in order to download a PPC file.

Yes, you can download it here.

you're saying that when i bought my macbook it already has a universal shockwave plug-in? which means i should be able to see anything that requires macromedia shockwave plug-in?

Yep.

Kappy wrote:
Your OS X comes with a universal Shockwave plug-in Do not replace it with the PPC version. If you download the most recent universal binary version of Flash it incorporates Shockwave.

Actually, the original poster is correct. Shockwave is still a PowerPC-only plug-in. Take a look at the following link to confirm:

http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=82216d24&sliceId=1

(Flash and Shockwave are similar, to be sure, but there are still some older education and business web apps that require Shockwave.)

That link also includes detailed instructions on how to configure your browser to run in Rosetta. Good luck!