On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Dan Palka wrote:
it really is time to move on. Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac is an amazing, highly-refined, ultra-powerful combination. I wouldn't downgrade for anything.
Great, I think we all know this already, but most either already own PPC Macs or can't afford a new Intel Mac. The name of this list is G3-5 list, it's specifically for PPC Macs. Perhaps you should be moving on to one of the Intel lists?
I cannot emphasize how urgent and beneficial it is for you to jump into Intel and Snow Leopard, and the modern world of Mac applications.
I agree with your premise that OS X applications can normally replace Classic applications, and that using MacOS is probably not the best idea these days. However, I disagree with the idea that Snow Leopard offers any substantial improvements over Leopard, after all, the ONLY thing Snow Leopard is doing is converting Leopard from 32-bit Universal Intel/PPC code over to 64-bit Intel-only code. The idea of paying Apple $29 to clean-up and purge their deadwood code seems a little far fetched to me. Leopard 10.5.8 works perfectly for almost all applications, Intel or PPC. Snow Leopard offers few improvements, and many minor growing headaches.
As I said above, if you believe "how urgent and beneficial it is for you to jump into Intel and Snow Leopard" then you should also jump into one of the Intel lists, and leave G3-5 list to us who still find value in G3-5 PPC Macs.
On Aug 23, 2010, at 8:41 AM, Eric Herbert wrote:
Upgrading to Snow Leopard on an Intel Mini is a MASSIVE leap forward. Not only is it a lot more stable and polished, but it's MUCH faster than Tiger on the Intels. Join us in the 21st century and make your life a little easier!
Comparing Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac to Tiger on a PPC Mac isn't a fair comparison. The cost factor is just as MASSIVE as the performance increase, perhaps larger? The "sweet spot" of price/performance ratio is still within the PPC Mac range unless you're using a hackintosh.
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