Not only that, but when the MAC becomes obsolete you can throw it away because upgrading is a pathetic endeavor at best, if at all possible. Wintel is easily upgradable hardware as well as software wise. Too bad that Apple has not liberalized its platform so that people can take to building standard Mac computers. It happened in the nineties that they did for awhile and when some East Asian cos produced much cheaper versions, Apple promptly discontinued the franchises. In this way a great number of its partisans are shortchanged, and it is why I completely renounced Apple as a possible working platform.
John. On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:53:38 -0400 "David W. Fenton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 11 Oct 2006 at 10:07, Eric Dannewitz wrote: > > > Phil Daley wrote: > > > At 10/11/2006 12:38 PM, dc wrote: > > > > > > >It simply isn't possible to proof hundreds and hundreds of > files > > > >each > > > time > > > >you upgrade. So what this means is that you have to keep all > old > > > versions > > > >of Finale and use for each file the version in was created in. > This > > > >is possible, albeit very tedious, for Windows users. But what > are > > > >Mac users supposed to do, who can't run old versions on new > > > >machines? > > > > > > Backwards compatibility? Who needs that? > > > > > > Mac users certainly don't. > > > > > > Did I mention that I ran Windows Finale V3.7 on Vista? Runs > > > perfectly . . . > > > > Good for you. You go run your DOS programs and all and have > > yourself a merry old time. > > While I don't see much utility in his having posted this jab at Mac > > users, he is correct to observer that Windows users are fortunate to > > have the ability to be able to run all past versions of Finale, and > > that this is not likely to change with the upcoming new version of > Windows, a major upgrade. > > It's true. > > Maybe Mac users don't like being reminded of it, and maybe it's rude > > to do so, but that doesn't change the fact of the huge differences > between Mac and Windows in regard to backward compatibility. The > importance of this should be obvious given the context, i.e., a > discussion of the newest version of Finale's problems upgrading > older > files. > > Again, I don't see the point of repeatedly bringing it up, but the > fact is, there is truth in the point Phil makes. > > -- > David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com > David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > ://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
