On 6/9/09 1:12 PM, "Josh Keady" <[email protected]> Broadcast into the ether:
> How is this a marketing move? They want that lucrative Power PC- > owning market share? Or new users will say "Phew, thank God they > don't support that crusty old PPC hardware anymore, I'm finally ready > to buy?" It just does not make enough sense for them ton continue > developing on the Power PC side. It doesn't. As an ex-Apple employee and current Apple Certified Technician I COMPLETELY agree with the above statement. I am a nanny here, and I am well aware that this *is* lowendmac.com, but you guys have this thread running well into the future which is not what this list is really for but what the heck. If you want to figure out a way to make it work do so. If you want to compile Hyper Card stacks on your se/30, then do so. But whining about the fact that now they are going Intel only with their OS is not intelligent imo. The OS is what Apple is all about and they need to tune it to their hardware...especially their processor. Apple rolled out Intel based machines in 2006. That is 3 years and 5 months ago. That is a long time in the computing world. They did so in YOUR best interest. Intel has a better roadmap for the future. IBM and Motorola had not met goals that they promised. Intel is a better processor for desktop computers and laptops. Apple is thinking Laptops, Phones and iPods primarily. Because that is where the users are going. I'm 41 and despise tweeting. But the times they are a changin' with or without me. Let me put it this way, if you owned a business and the employee was supposed to start his/her shift at 8am every day but never showed up until 10am, and also was supposed to start in 2009 but didn't show up until 2010 would you keep that employee? Hell no. Think about it for a few minutes. >From wikipedia: "Jobs stated that Apple's primary motivation for the transition was their disappointment with the progress of IBM's development of PowerPC technology, and their greater faith in Intel to meet Apple's needs. In particular, he cited the performance per watt (that is, the speed per unit of electrical power) projections in the roadmap provided by Intel. This is an especially important consideration in laptop design affecting hours of use per battery charge." Apple is working in your best interest. Motorola is going into phone processors etc, and Apple is thinking ahead, not behind. So run what you want. But don't bitch about it. I have an Apple ][e sitting close by with dual 5" floppy disks so I can play Zork and Sneakers whenever I wanna get nostalgic. I also have all the old gaming consoles ready to go at a moments notice with over a hundred Atari cartridges. I am with you. But you guys have to really think this through. Kyle Hansen -- This is the way the world ends...not with a bang, but a twitter. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
