Hi Steve, Speculations aside, you're the only one who can decide how long you want to stay in the PowerPC world. I know professional designers who still use Classic applications for their work, and keep putting off the Intel switch because
a) they're perfectly productive without it b) it would mean shelling out a considerable amount of cash to get a new Mac and the latest and greatest Adobe suite to do the same job -- not to mention the learning curve. As an experiment, I recently used a couple weeks a G3 Pismo running OS 9.2.2 for work and play, and the only thing that suffered noticeably was my Internet experience, for obvious reasons. Everything else was just peachy. It's amazing how productive you can be using 10-year-old apps on a soon-to-be-10-year-old computer. Hope this helps. Best, felix On Jan 18, 11:17 am, [email protected] wrote: > Just wondering... > I understand the need to have a machine running close to the latest > specs for optimal work in any occupational discipline. My question is > this- with the melding of Mac OS to Intel processors, and now the > announcement of Apple to license OSX, together with the latest > security gap mentioned previously in discussions by Bruce (Safari > RSS ) would it be better to try and stay in a PowerPC world of Mac > for recreational/home use?( At least as long as we can) Maybe I'm > just screwy or just too dense to realise the pros & cons difference, > but it seems to me that Macs are heading in a direction that will > increase their vulnerability to cyber-attack as they streamline > toward the Window$ world...can any of my more learned brethren out > there enlighten me to my misguided speculation here? > > Steve --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
