[X4U] Aperture as sleazy Apple hardware marketing ploy

[Adam Bass]

Just checked, my 1.67 GHz 15" PowerBook with 1 GB of RAM passed the  
test. That is kind of screwed up that the MDD G4s fail the test; I  
guess Apple just does a simple check in the installer to see what  
computer you have, and the only G4s that are accepted are the  
PowerBooks. I'm guessing Apple wants to sell new towers, so it's not  
supporting older towers, even if they should be able to run it. I bet  
someone will come out with a hack that will let it install on older  
G4 towers, as long as they have good enough specs, similar to that  
hack that lets you install OS X on older hardware that Apple dropped  
support for.

Adam


On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:57 AM, Jim Robertson wrote:

> Apple has just place an application on their website that tests  
> hardware to
> see whether it complies with Aperture specs. It reports whether the  
> program
> can be installed on the system running the compatibility checker,  
> and if
> not, why not. My dual 1.8 G5 flunks, but it's because of the video  
> card
> (replaceable) as does my 1.25 GHz Al PowerBook, but that's because  
> I have
> only 512 MB of RAM (easily upgradeable).
>
> I've read posts elsewhere (digital photography review forum) where the
> compatibility checker has reported that the program simply will not  
> install
> on systems more powerful than ANY current PowerBook; e.g., the  
> mirrored
> doors dual G4s with fast dual processors, oodles of RAM, and video  
> cards
> LISTED by Apple on the Aperture website meeting that requirement.
>
> The exclusion of quite powerful mirrored doors dual G4s (even the  
> newest
> Quad core 2.5 GHz G5s aren't really THAT much faster using Apple's  
> own test
> reports) is shameful, assuming there aren't any technical issues.
>
> Jim Robertson
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