[X4U] 10.5 instead of 10.6

[zapcat]

On Feb 10, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Chris Jones wrote:

> Nonsense. Its more than ready. Its not SL's fault if there are some  
> applications out there that require ancient obsoletel (i.e. Apple  
> talk) technology ...


that is one viewpoint. However, most people don't buy a Mac so that  
they can stare at it and drool, basking in the glow of how cool it  
might be in theory.

Most people buy a Mac to do real work. So, if an OS "breaks" a bunch  
of apps, that doesn't make the OS "modern" and the broken apps  
"obsolete."

It simply means that the new OS is not production-ready. Apple itself  
has essentially admitted that Snow Leopard will have to evolve over  
time, as any OS or revision does.

What makes the most sense to me, and what I have done is this: create  
a Snow Leopard parition, and continue to have partitions for other OS  
X versions in which everything works. As Snow updaters are released.  
and application revisions are released, you can add them over time  
and end up with a functional, production-ready install.

Not one that's mostly ready, or "ready in theory," if only all the  
other developers would simply snap-to and fix their apps to work with  
Snow.

zc