[X4U] What about Filemaker Pro 6?

[James S Jones]

Universal binaries only matter if you buy new, Intel-based Macs. FM 6 
will almost certainly run in Rosetta translation. Where is the need for 
panic? Any new Mac you buy will be enough faster that your database 
should seem faster even with the Rosetta performance hit.

On Aug 16, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Peter Payne wrote:

> I realized to my horror that Filemaker might try to get cute and not 
> make a universal binary for Filemaker Pro 6, its most popular version 
> ever, in the hopes of forcing people to upgrade to FM7 or a future 
> version. This will be TERRIBLE, because I've got such a complex system 
> in place (15 computers in Japan and 5 in San Diego all running FM6, 
> with databases both locations access on a third party server. Updating 
> all of these to Filemaker 7 would be impossible, and if Filemaker 
> doesn't make a universal version of 6, I'll be forced to explore 
> moving away from Filemaker (sob, I love it so much).