On 2009-11-02 11:43 , Cymen Vig wrote:
Who is really to blame? Apple for breaking the compatibility or Epson for failing to work. I wouldn't accept Apple's stance that "if I tell you about something ahead of time, it's okay to break things" as acceptable when they are going the "shiny new features upgrade now" route.
perhaps some people don't realize Apple's 10.6 upgrade was not at all about "shiny new features"; Apple intentionally took a breather from features to streamline the core OS; 10.6 is also only a $30 upgrade
my rather dated experience with Epson drivers was that Epson doesn't build its software in OS-standard ways and thus creates its own problems when it comes to keeping Drivers updated; my last Epson printer was a Stylus Photo 1200, which was hobbled by driver problems; i'm only comfortable with Epson's scanners since they don't need drivers (i just use VueScan)
also note that there is no imperative to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6; 10.5 continues to run well as a foundation for most of the apps people are using, and 10.5 will be supported with security updates until 10.7 comes out, at least a year from now, probably a year and a half; Apple is very good about keeping most of its apps compatible with the previous OS version; i moved from 10.4 to 10.5 only a few months before 10.6 came out, and i won't even consider 10.6 until i run into some problem that 10.6 will solve for me (i am moving all the people i support up from 10.4, though, because it won't get any more security updates)
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