On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Mac User #330250 wrote:
If Apple does as they always do, Leopard support will be dropped
with the
release of the successor of Snow Leopard. Since Snow Leopard is
already 6
months out, PowerPC users are safe for another two years or so. But
that will
be it. Dead for good. No more. The end.
That's odd. I'm quite certain that my old Tangerine iBook running 10.3
is still working. Apple does not send out a specially coded radio
signal to all unsupported Macs making them cease working when they
move beyond active support.
So why bother with the G3-G5 anyhow?
Because I have them laying about, I can get them cheaply, they're
useful computers doing useful tasks, and in the case of my G4
powerbook, holding me off on having to invest in a newer laptop.
On the other hand you can all convert to Linux. Linux was and will
be running
on PowerPC for at least another decade (-- my personal opinion).
You seen to be conflating "no longer under active development" with
"no longer functional"
If you want the Latest&Greatest all the time, well, there's a price to
pay to stay on the bleeding edge. But there's a huge amount of Useful
Stuff that older computers can do, and if it ain't broke, why fix it?
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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