LO_PHATZ  "It would be nice to be able to just strip out the PPC code in the latest version until more third-party software has been updated to work in 64-bit."

You CAN.

Look in the preferences..  
(Version 1.7.3)

LO_PHATZ  Yeah our three year old loves it, but seriously, since when don't parents have needs also? Obviously you dont have toddlers if you dont know about how destructive they are. Cheers  
(Version 1.4.3)

LO_PHATZ  Ok so Im a parent of little kids who destroy CD's & DVD's in the blink of an eye :)

I tried everything else including freeware & payware tools.

This is the ONLY Mac ripping tool I can find that is explicitly (to the end user) designed to handle BAD SECTORS on physical media due to SCRATCHES or COPY PROTECTION.

It also deals with and removes (at your discretion) Macrovision copy protection.

Of all the tools I tried this is the only one to make a rip of the movie 'Resident Evil' without drama.

Happy to pay the modest registration fee to encourage the developer to continue.  
(Version 1.4.3)