On 27/03/11 00:34, PhillipJones wrote:
Ray_Net wrote:
Jens Hatlak wrote:
Adam Jimerson wrote:
Unless something has changed Seamonkey 2.1 is still no long
compatible with PPC correct?
Correct. The platform SM 2.1 will be based on, Mozilla 2.0, dropped PPC
support.
1. Is this so important ... dropping PPC support ?
2. BTW What is PPC ?
PowerPC that used a RISC Processor from Motorola
Yes it important I just updated to Intel Machine only 3 weeks ago. And
it cost me a good 6 thousand to do so. Counting the Computer and the
Software. Just updating Software has cost me about 2-2.5 K. Not everyone
can afford to upgrade. I really can't I had to dig into my retirement
fund to do. When your 62 (Monday the 28th) and already.
Thousands? Dollars, presumably? Good gracious! Sounds totally out of
proportion to me -- but what do I know? I don't use my computer to write
synthetic music or to produce complex computer-assisted 3D drawings, not
to mention animation movies. A week or two ago I upgraded my Linux tower
to a twin-core 2.8 GHz x86_64 (Pentium 4) with 2GiB RAM in a somewhat
smaller case than the older one and it cost me (including a laser
printer) a mere couple of hundred euros. Yes, hundreds, not thousands;
but I already had a working keyboard, screen and ADSL interface which
could be fitted to the new machine. I even brought back into service a
couple of speakers which had been collecting dust on top of a shelf for
at least five years. Software cost me exactly 0.00€; even the download
volume for the x86_64 version of the OS, and then for the next release,
did not (and by far) exceed my monthly allowance (above which my
pay-by-month Internet contract becomes 1€ per additional gigabyte). As
for horsepower, this machine handles over 150 browser tabs, plus
mailnews, chat, and CD audio playback, all at the same time with no
apparent problem -- my CPUs seem to be typically some 60% idle.
10.7 Lion will be even more of a shock. there will be absolutely no
scintilla of PowerPC code. In fact Universal Binary will be a thing of
the pass as even Rosetta will be removed. So I ill have even more apps
That I will have to replace. Eventually this update will likely cost me
10K over time. But computer makers and software designers don't care
about financial hardships , what they do impose upon Users.
The days of using a Pencil and paper are gone. And its costly own a
Computer. Sure you can get a 2-400 dollar computer at WalMart. But if
you want to do more than get on the internet. You better have something
with some horsepower. And, horsepower takes Dough. Apple use to to the
most expensive Computers. But I've been in a computer store here that
sells Dell and other PCs and there are some Dells that cost as much Macs.
Best regards,
Tony.
--
Really heard in court in the U.S.A.:
Q.: Are you sexually active?
A.: No, I let my partner take the initiative.
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