Subject: Re: Next for PPC? Date: Dienstag, 1. September 2009N From: Dan <[email protected]> To: [email protected]
> At 12:05 PM +0200 9/1/2009, Mac User #330250 wrote: > >So, opposed to your theory: if the userbase is constant - > >reducing compatibity (with older computers) == higher income > > When an app becomes incompatible with your computer, you go look for > a different app. You only go back to the vendor that screwed you if > there's no other choice. > > Now, I realize that this doesn't follow in the windoze-world. But > hey, we're talking about Macs here. I disagree. I'm new to the Mac world, alright. But I haven't been so deep in the Windows world either. I'm a private user. An enthusiast. I love all different kind of hardware and the software that goes with it. The software system I'm using for about a decade now is Linux. I grew up with it since Kernel 2.2 ended and 2.4 started. Now we have 2.6 and a completely different developement model, so I doubt I'll see 2.8 anytime soon. The developement of 2.6 goes in such big steps that we would be at 3.4 or so by now anyway... So far my background. Now, I've seen companies that use computers for business. I'm not involved, just watching. (A relative works in a bigger publishing company. Friends work as IT persons.) When a company has a specific need, say the require a program calles Quark Xpress (at least they did back then) -- they will buy whatever hardware is necessary to suit the needs of /this program/. Sounds upside down, doesn't it? Well, that's how business goes sometimes. They used Macs because PCs simply were not capable of desktop pubishing and graphics & design. It was the instability of Windows and incapability to load big files that occupy a lot of RAM that left the Macs as the only possible hardware. Macs have been stable for ages with System x/Mac OS 7.x-9.x, and with Mac OS X 10.3+. Now things have shifted. Windows is now as stable as Mac OS. Crashes are rare. Also, most traditional Mac software is now also available for Windows. Even more than that, some companies release the Windows versions earlier and put more effort in it than they used to. So this company now starts shifting to Windows PCs. They are cheaper, do the same tasks and the programs they require are available too. Only some of the employees aren't very happy about that. They've been used to the Apple way and now they are forced to switch to Windows. Bad thing... I don't think that any vendor can do anything about that. If Quark decides to only support Windows one day - they will not have a chance to do anything about it. It doesn't have anything to do with Apple and the Mac world. I guess Apple is going the Intel-only path because for Apple this means that people will _have to_ buy a new Mac. Off course people will be upset and angry, but for now this means that Apple will push the selling of their product. What this does to Apple users in the long run I don't dare to forsee. As for me, privately... What you are saying basically brings me to Linux. No one will ever stop supporting PowerPC for Linux, and if I had a computer with an ARM processor it will run as well. My "vendor" is the open source world now. No more Bill Gates or Steve Jobs that tell me that I have to buy a newer PC or Mac. Just my humble oppinion... Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 aka Linux User #330250 aka Windows User #330250 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
