On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Richmond Mathewson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Judy Perry wrote: > > "It's not as if Apple didn't give didn't give people HOW many years > warning that PPC compatibility was going to be phased out!" > > 1. Not that long really.
--3 years, actually. Seems long enough for me. > 2. Apple did not tell PPC users they would be left with an OS that > still contained all sorts of glitches and a rather messy, inconsistent > GUI. --What on earth are you talking about? People were warned they had a couple of years to transition from OS 9 to OS X, then also to transition from PPC to Intel-based if they wanted to be current. > I am absolutely sure that Apple could, should they so wish, belt out a PPC > version of 10.6 that was as light for PPCs as they claim Snow Leopard will be > for INTEL Macs. But they won't because they want people to dump their PPCs > and buy INTEL machines. This is, of course, based on the supposition that > every Mac user has the money and the inclination to buy a new Mac every 2 > years. --Or, maybe, as is (I've heard) the case with Revolution, they have difficulty finding current compilers for PPC chips (and as Rev has had with respect to OS 9). --Exactly which major software development firms are still shipping PPC-native and *current* apps? > > With an INTEL Mac, I haven't, and I probably won't, prefering either to buy a > relatively cheap PC (or bash one together out of bits and pieces) and run > either a Linux distro or (Heaven forfend) "Hackintosh"; especially after > reading recently about smelly machines. However, fingers crossed, step on my > toe, etc. my collection of PPC Macs are all doing sterling service right now; > come to think of it my macMini PPC is only 3 years old! --Wonderful! I have an 8-y.o. dual G4 tower, a G4 Cube and a second-gen iMac (egg-shaped). I don't expect them to run Snow Leopard; in fact, one of them is strictly and deliberately OS 9. There's no shame in running an older OS on older machines. > I have downloaded RunRev 3 and am currently "playing" with it; I certainly > would rather buy RR 3 than buy a new Mac as: > > a. it functions perfectly adequately on my G3 iMac. > > b. it can produce software for several Operating Systems (but not RISC !!!). > > c. £ for £ it gives, me at least, more bang for your buck than a new computer. --Well, and of course, people in hell probably "certainly would rather" have ice water than flames, but you get what you get. Judy _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
