On Oct 29, 2003, at 9:14 AM, Lorraine Kerwood wrote:
Yes, I love Apple too, and OS X, and I would never want to have to go
back to the PC (Winblows) world I used to live in, but this is one
time that I really wish that Apple had done things differently. And I'm
looking at the same thing all over again with Panther. I just finally
get a Powerbook (Wallstreet) capable of running X, and I won't be able
to run the latest version on it. And my Beige G3 is of course left
out.
What will it be next version? Native G4 machines only?
Just my .02
Its an architecture issue. Only New World ROMs are supported because newer technology [which only came on Macs with NW ROMs] doesn't work on Macs with Old World ROMs. And OW ROMs are not upgradable.
Its not like Apple made the decision just to screw you. The OW ROM supports onboard SCSI, serial, ADB etc ... the NW ROM supports FireWire, USB, AGP, PCI-X, AirPort, and a bunch of other technology. You can't do both sadly.
David
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