There are some versions of the Imac which cost less than 1K.
They use a G3 Processors newer ones use a G4's. An Ibook about 1200.00
if your sole purpose is to design a Beonex version for Mac you really
only need a minimum of 128mb of RAM which both types minimum
configuration use. The Hard Drives run about 10gb on up.
Userland Frontier (which is the C++ software for Mac Software is around
$600.00 for latest version.
As for Software emulator, what's the emulator for??
As for using the apologetic language - Don't use it. Just say At this
time due to .... a Mac version is not available.
Unlike, Amiga, Mac is still a Viable platform, that will be around a
long time to come.
Finally OS-X will use BSD 4.4 natively. It will be a three layer system.
Mach Kernel as the center core, BSD 4.4 UNix the next layer out, and
Aqua as the GU interface.
Again some notice will preserve the possibility of future customers,
better than no response.
Unlike PC users who don't care how they are treated (else they wouldn't
put with Microsoft and over 30,000 viri,worms, and Trogan Horses � Mac
user appreciate good treatment, and pay back bad treatment.
Even if a company can't supply a product if they receive good treatment
in a response they have fond memories of that company and will recommend
them to their budies that can use their products.
Ben Bucksch wrote:
>
> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote:
>
> > Could be:
> >
> > We are sorry, but due to lack of support for, or lack of qualified
> > people to create such at this time, thre can't be any support for "X
> > version. (X being Mac, PC, Unix, BEOS, Next Step, Open Step, etc.).
>
> Have you seen Netscape apologizing for not making a BeOS, native MacOS
> X, FreeBSD, ... product?
>
> Of course, we are sorry that we cannot support all platforms (how about
> Amiga? :-) ), and this is, in most cases, sue to limited resources, more
> or less. IMO, it's pointless - it is implied.
>
> As for Mac: PowerMac hardware is expensive, and Apple refuses to support
> software-emulators. So, Mac developers are rare, and no one happened to
> have time to actually create Beonex Comm. 0.6 Mac yet (although several
> kind people intended to do).
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