On Dec 8, 2008, at 9:12 AM, insightinmind wrote:
>> >> Absolutely. Apple's already announced that 10.6 will be Intel-only. >> >> The PPC is a dead end. > > No more updates to Time Machine for 10.5.n users, after 10.6.m? or > will it be retro-fixed-up? There may well be a 10.5.n final update, and Apple will likely continue to offer security patches for PPC machines, but Apple's general strategy has been once a new OS version is out, the old one is deprecated. Bug fixes go into the new OS not the old one. At this point it's been 3 years since the last PPC Macs were released, and it will be going on 4 by the time 10.6 is released and up to it's 0.1 update. And being stuck at 10.5 isn't bad, 10.6 is supposed to be mainly a bug-squashing and stability release; there probably won't be really significant changes in the underlying systems, so 10.5 will be viable for some time yet. But the writing was on the wall from the moment the Intel switch was announced. User's and developer's strategies should have been focused on the move from one platform to the next, particularly for high-end work that G5's did. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
