On 06.06.2002 19:40 Uhr, Chuck Israels wrote > I have been following the discussion of this subject (dear to my > heart, as I wait with the rest of you) with some disappointment. I > was told by a Coda person that the plan was ( I hope I am not > breaking a confidence) that Finmac 2003 would be "Carbonized" and > that a free update to 2003 buyers which would be fully OSX native > would appear later in the year. Since I don't know exactly what > "Carbonized" means (Does that simply mean that it has the fancy new > graphic look?), I'm not sure if Coda is sticking to its plan or not. > "Carbonized" means it is fully OS X compatible, but will also run on System 9 (in simple terms). There are other ways of making programs OS X compatible, but my guess is that this is _very_ unlikely to ever happen with Finale. Carbonized would be fine, anyway, and requires much less reprogramming. I think what this person meant was that some preparation for an OS X release would be included in 2k3 (ie some of the GUI probably needed to be revised) so that a later maintenance release could more easily make the switch to a fully OS X compatible version.
I have absolutely no information whether Coda ever announced anything in regard to an OS X release, but what you say makes me hope that we won't have to wait for Fin2k4 for this to happen. Whatever the case, I don't think Coda can afford to wait any longer than 2k4 for such a version, unless they are planning to drop the Mac version altogether. > OS upgrades have been traumatic for me. When I change systems, all > kinds of things that used to work don't, and it takes a couple of > weeks, and several visits from my student Mac guru, to get everything > working. It's been worth it for 9.0.2 - it's pretty stable, but > there is still the occasional, and unpredictable, crash. I'd like to > move to OSX for its stability, (and a new look is fun for a while). > Most of the few other programs that I use are OSX ready. The > question I have is: when running 2003 under OSX, is "Classic Mode" > automatically turned on in the background when opening Finale, or > must one select it. And, will there be likely to be a significant > degradation of performance while in "Classic Mode" (compared to > operating in 9.0.2) on a 400 Mhz G4 w/512 mb of RAM. I am pretty sure it would be slower, however the main problem will be MIDI support (which I don't think is possible for the Classic environment running under OS X). BTW if you are looking for a stabler OS you could start by updating your OS to 9.1 or 9.22, this should not involve incompatibilities and I have only had positive experiences (with the exception of a problem with Audio apps in 9.22 that could be solved by using an older CD driver). > > If we simply asked Coda to answer those questions that cannot be > answered by the informed people on the list, might they respond? It > might be worth a try. I am pretty sure they will not yet commit to a release date for a OSX version, but you can always try. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
