[X4U] Well, well

[Zane H. Healy]

At 11:20 AM +1000 7/26/08, Christopher Collins wrote:
>>You're missing the point.  Since 10.5 is the end of the line for 
>>the PPC, it should have also been the end of the line for Classic. 
>>Somehow I doubt the decision was made to drop PPC support after 
>>10.5 was released.
>>
>
>Why should it have been the end of the road for Classic? That's only 
>your opinion. As I understand it, Classic and the end of support for 
>PPC are not linked in any way.
>
>Classic, as I understand it, relates to OS9
>
>PPC, as I understand it relates to hardware (PPC -> Intel)
>
>There is no direct correlation between them other than one you want 
>to make up.

Classic only works on PPC, and PPC support is being ripped out (like 
the 68k, Sparc, and PA-RISC support was prior to the initial release 
of Mac OS X).  What harm would it have done to support what is 
basically an application for one more version on PPC, when PPC will 
no longer be supported in the next version?  This is like Classic 
Appletalk support, 10.0 and 10.1 didn't support it, 10.2 and 10.3 
did, and then it was gone again in 10.4.  Apples support record 
SUCKS!  Basically don't depend on any feature being there from one 
version to the next, or them following through with what they claim 
they'll do.

For example, lets not forget that while Windows users will get 64-bit 
Photoshop CS4, thanks to Apple going back on releasing 64-bit carbon 
we will only get 32-bit CS4.  At least Lightroom 2.0 will be 64-bit 
on Intel-based Mac's, another reason for me to upgrade (Lightroom is 
now one of my core applications).

Personally I'm getting tired of Apple dropping major features I use 
with every new version of the OS.

Zane


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