Jacob Bradford wrote: > Well if you look at it this way: OSX is Apple's latest > operating system > (with the oldest one they 'support' is 10.1) while XP is a > PeeCee's latest > (with 2000 being the oldest OS supported, with the exception of ME I > think?), both companies only want your money so they force everyone to > upgrade...sucks don't it? > But I'm going OT so I'll stop now
The problem is, and I HATE to say this... The other guys still support older hardware and Apple doesn't (of course, they don't make and sell the hardware either - at least not most of it). Apple has such a small percentage of the overall market (albeit loyal), and they made a corporate decision to leave a large percentage of the installed base behind in regards to their own corporate vision (that is, the "digital hub"). As a software developer myself, I understand their reasons, and their justifications. I'm not really complaining... It just struck me as odd, and I hadn't tried it on my Mac's yet. Back when System 7 came out Apple jumped through a lot of hoops to make sure as most of the OS calls were still valid (most of them still are in 9.x). I hate to see them ditch that strategy (its one of my many gripes with the "other" side), which, I guess, they didn't, or the classic environment wouldn't exist. Guess I should step off my soap box now. It's a long ways down! --> Russ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
