Hello mlitwin3797!
I'd say a Quicksilver has more than reached the end of its lifespan. Show me
one other computer company that made a desktop computer for the mainstream
market that has lived for 8 years and is still (kind of) supported by the
latest operating system!
It's time to move on. Innovation doesn't arise from hanging on to old stuff.
Mac OS X 10.5 will be the last Mac OS that is running on PowerPC based Macs.
End of story.
For the Quicksilvers, the MDDs, and even the older Digital Audio and Gigabit
Ethernets, it was a great time! From System 7.1.2 to Mac OS X 10.5.8, that is
quite a lot of Apple history that runs on these machines.
The Power Mac G5's are the only Macs that have a *really* short lifespan,
considering that the latest G5 series ("Late 2005") was sold until August
2006, its only three years and the platform will be dropped with the upcoming
Snow Leopard.
So, if you're a Quicksilver user: be happy!
Cheers,
Andreas aka Mac User #330250
---------- Original message ----------
Subject: Re: Rumor: Snow Leopard to support PPC !!
Date: Freitag, 14. August 2009N
From: "mlitwin3797" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
> I agree. Who needs the intel? I just finished upgrading a Quicksilver
> G4 that has Leopard on it. I don't know how the original owner got that on
> but he did. I even have 10.5.8 on it.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "MacGuy" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: Rumor: Snow Leopard to support PPC !!
>
> > On Aug 13, 2009, at 4:09 PM, Nikki Wraith wrote:
> >> Don't hold your breath. PowerPC is dead, as far as Apple is concerned.
> >> The day after that article was posted - June 8th - at wwdc it was
> >> announced 10.6 is intel o ly.
> >
> > Yes, power PC is "dead".... BUT, the powermac G5 that I "JUST" bought
> > is going to give me (knock on wood) years of great mac times ahead..
> > at least till the mac pro's are within my reach:-) Jeff
>
>
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