[X4U] G3 Last Ship Date?

[Eddie Hargreaves]

On 6/14/07 12:38 PM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:

> I just noticed that www.osnews.com is reporting that support for G3 based
> systems will be dropped from 10.5.  This seems a little odd to me, when was
> the last ship date for G3 based systems?  If this is in fact true, then I
> think the last G3 models will be the quickest Mac's to have support dropped
> ever.

Nearly a year ago, Apple removed the word G3 from the Leopard Sneak Peek
pages:
<http://theappleblog.com/2006/08/08/apple-removes-mention-of-g3s-from-leopar
d-pages/>

Had Leopard come out when it was originally promised (end of 2006), you're
correct that it would've been much quicker than normal for Apple to drop
support of some models (Apple was still selling G3 Macs as late as early
October 2003) 

But considering that Leopard has been delayed by nearly a year, the lack of
support for G3s is far less notable. By the time Leopard comes out, the
latest G3 model will be four years old. Generally there's a five-year window
during which OS updates are applicable, but it's not set in stone (clearly).

-- 
Eddie Hargreaves