I have a Late 2007 MacBook Pro with an Intel Core2Duo 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT, running OS X 10.6.8.
I just installed Wine according to these instructions:
http://davidbaumgold.com/tutorials/wine-mac/
I am unsure if it works in stock Wine, though. I have a custom kernel32.dll.so so I can run SubSpace/Continuum, and that could be what makes Transcendence run, too. I don't know.
Try it on stock Wine, and see how it works out. If it doesn't work, PM me or reply to this post, and I'll upload the custom kernel replacement. I even made a nice little Transcendence.app package that I double-click on, which runs an Applescript, which opens the Terminal and tells Wine to run Transcendence. It's pretty slick and seamless after you get through the initial installation procedure for Wine.
Also, differing from stock OS X, I don't use X11, I use XQuartz. Apple's built-in X11 hasn't been updated in years, and is lacking many necessary bugfixes, which XQuartz implements.
Anyway...after installing Wine, download Transcendence (either 1.01 from the main Download page, or 1.06a from the forum post -- both work fine). Unzip it, then copy it to ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ so the resulting file path will be ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Trans106a or whatever you would prefer. You don't actually have to copy it in there, but I like to keep my Windows apps all in one place, and that is that place.
Then, to run it, open a Terminal and type:
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wine "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Trans106a/Transcendence.exe"
To open ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/ in the Finder so you can just drag and drop the folder from your Downloads folder into the Wine Program Files folder, press Shift + Command + G or go to the Go menu in Finder and choose "Go to Folder...", and enter "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files" in the box that pops up. you must do it this way because ~/.wine is a hidden folder, and unless you've enabled display of hidden folders in OS X, you cannot navigate to it directly through the Finder.
As for the nice .app I've mentioned, if there is interest, I will upload that as well. It works based on the filepath being "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Trans106a/Transcendence.exe", but it's easy enough to modify if you're willing.
Should I start a new thread about this? I'm realising that I've typed a whole lot of info about this, and kinda hijacked this Linux port thread.