On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Kyle Hansen <pi...@speakeasy.net> wrote:
> > > It's usually people who make > minor machine jumps that b*tch. For example going from a 4 year old > machine > to a 3 year old machine instead of hitting the head of the curve. If these > people shelled out a few more bucks they would have a top of the line > machine that would last them a long time. I have a Tangerine iBook here > for > testing RAM and OS 9 problems. It works great. It's not Apple that is > hurting you. It's developers moving on to the next and better thing. > Programs do not run well on old hardware for a reason. Developers are > developing for the future. If you were a machinist would you be working on > a better carburetor for a 73 Buick or a hydrogen fuel cell? > What has been expressed by me and some others here Kyle is we do not even have that "few more bucks" we are strapped and on the soup line ( you think I am joking right ?) When I bought a 604 Mac I needed the newest but the graphics and file formats i could generate slowly could work. Now I need at least that G5 I needed 5 years ago but might sqeak by getting a 1.6 GHz unit. and it will not do the work either. I feel like one of those guys in India who carve a working motorcycle out of scrap with an axe. I cannot generate money fast enough to buy even working vintage equipment and I think of anything pre-Intel as vintage ! Anything Pre last year I think of simply as OLD ! You are right about developers but as I noted in the Amiga era hardware and software ( formats and protocols included) which as Brian Christmas points out is good in itself. BUT actively sabotaging the viability of your past customers systems and tightly controlling the ability of a free market for apps and other software borders on the unAmerican. Where is free enterprise supposed to be as an ideal when developers outside the loop are forbidden from practicing that enterprise? Read about what The Steve says about Android phones and their market and users the other day. A former anarchistic phone hacker is now dissing the freedom of open source. All considerations of performance or quality aside is The Steve afraid an open market may compete better. or is his rant simply a class/caste system demarcator meant to position the "i"WAY as the way of the Ubermenschen ? Or is it simply a marketing ploy. I cannot help but wonder about the workings of the Steve's mind. Choice, which one would assume was a good quality in the " user friendly " Mac era ( remember that cute guy?) has now become "bad" when people need a phone or an operating system that fits their need ( i.e. user friendly )? No, I do not think Linux is the answer. But Linux kernels tweaked by computer and phone makers may be better some day than systems we cannot afford. That hackintosh idea seems better these days too ! And the fuel cell car may be where it's at but it will be the government and NOT BUICK that will keep your '73 off the road. But it will be Apple that kills your Mac. Ask all of those who have struggled to get Snow Leopard onto G5s and keep everything in tune and working. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.youtube.com/fluxstringer http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://remnantsofthestorm.blogspot.com http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
