>I believe that 10.4 is the last OS version which will support classic. > >As you said, someone may hack the OS to run Classic on PPC hardware, but >Apple is removing direct support with Leopard. (10.5) I can almost >guarantee that not a single line of code will be written or tested for >classic. > >So 10.4.9 or whatever, will be the last OS version to support Emailer, at >least formally. > >You know how Jobs is, once he decides to "move on", he forces the issue.
Have you actually seen anywhere that Apple has said this? All I can find is that OS X for Intel will not support Classic. Actually, they don't even say that, what they say is Rosetta can't handle OS 8/9 software, which you can then infer means Classic will not be supported (after all if Rosetta can't translate the software, what's the point of including the running environment). And then Phil Schiller has been quoted as saying Classic isn't a priorty for Intel Macs because their research shows new buyers pretty much don't use it anyway. No where have I seen that 10.4 is going to be the last version to include Classic. Classic has been largely unchanged since 10.2 anyway. There is really no reason they can't include it in 10.5 for all the PPC Mac owners that will buy 10.5 (and believe me, Apple will be sure 10.5 runs on PPCs. After all, they will have a whole series of PPC machines that are less then a year old, do you really think they will tell all those owners "sorry, but we don't want your $130 for an OS upgrade). 10.5 is sure to run on PPCs, and very likely 10.6 as well (the average life of a computer is 3-5 years, in 2009, when 10.6 is released, the last PPCs will just been edging into 3 years old... 10.4 which limits which Macs it can run on, runs on anything with a built in firewire port... that means Apple is supporting machines at least 6 years old). 10.7 would be my guess for the first OS version to not support PPC Macs (and even it might). Since Classic likely takes little to no effort to continue to provide for PPC Macs, I see no reason for Apple to remove it prior to dropping support for PPC based Macs, which may in fact be AFTER 10.7 (after 2011... it could be 10.8 that drops it in 2013). But even assuming you are correct, and that 10.4 is the last version to include Classic, that still puts us at the end of 2007 before we can't buy a NEW machine or OS that supports Emailer. Factor in our groups habit of extending life well beyond the average, and we are still looking at something around 2017 (10 years after the last new one could be purchased), before Emailer is really forced into death. And my guess is, it will die on its own LONG before then. Heck, I'll be surprised if our group is even half the size it is today by the end of 2007. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
