[X4U] End of the line for PPC support from Apple

[Michael Elliott]

Mine, too. I usually trade in Macs every 2 years or so. Of course, as  
my wife says: Dont drink, dont smoke, what do you do?

:-)

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On Jun 16, 2008, at 6:50 PM, Tim Collier <tim_collier at bellsouth.net>  
wrote:

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>
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> On 6/16/08 7:28 PM, "Michael Elliott"  wrote an exciting message  
> that when I
> read it on 6/16/08 7:28 PM, I became so enthusiastic, I was forced  
> to take
> an extra Xanax 1 mg.
>
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Those people will be just fine without buying a new TV.  If they're  
>> on
>> cable, then no difference.  If they're on over-the-air broadcasts,
>> then they'll just need a set-top box to receive the signal on their
>> 1982 Zenith Color TV :-)
>>
>> After hearing my wife curse over and over last night about trying to
>> watch the Tonys on our Cox digital cable, I can attest that I have
>> seen MUCH more signal issues with digital TV than I ever did with
>> regular analog.  No, I couldn't watch an HDTV channel with analog.
>> But on our Cox cable in the periphery of their coverage area, we  
>> get a
>> lot of digital artifacts/garbled audio/frozen video for a half a
>> second or so.  I wonder why our digital TV doesn't buffer the signal
>> until it's "perfect" before showing it to our screen?  I never get
>> digital artifacts with HULU.com
>>
>> Which brings us back to the original issue of technological progress:
>> if it works great for you, then no reason to upgrade :-)
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>
> Thanks Michael:
> Yes, I am aware that in February of 2009, you will still be able to  
> view
> stations provided they are via cable or any converter box.  That has  
> been
> widely publicized and I believe is known by most of the American  
> viewing
> audience.
> But the issue under discussion was the doubts and fears of those who  
> were
> fearing the end of PowerPC support from Apple and then went on to  
> discuss
> the iPhone and then the various people were said that they didn't  
> own a cell
> phone and were happy about that fact.
> Apple no longer supports Macs with the motorola chip, it is a natural
> progression, they now use Intel chips so the natural progression  
> would be to
> drop support for the IBM based Macs.  This makes perfect sense to me.
> As for your last statement "if it works great for you, then no  
> reason to
> upgrade", I know that there is a significant number of Mac users who  
> feel
> that way and that's their choice.  But, they are also at risk of  
> losing the
> ability to use the newer software and hardware, again their choice.
> Me, I like to upgrade my Mac about every 12 to 18 months, my choice.
>
> --
> Tim Collier
> MacBook 2.2 gig 2 gig RAM
> http://www.timcolliermiami.com/
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