I think anyone using Rosetta got 3 more years than anyone should have expected. Apple supported this far longer than I thought they would have.
Can something obvious happening really be called a "bomb shell?"
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OS X Lion to Drop 'Rosetta' Support for PowerPC Applications
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I think anyone using Rosetta got 3 more years than anyone should have expected. Apple supported this far longer than I thought they would have.
Can something obvious happening really be called a "bomb shell?"
If Office 2008 is already installed on their machine before they upgrade there won't be any issues.
We all knew this day was coming. I think people would be complaining regardless of when apple finally pulled the plug. I can't say that I'm surprised, but it may mean that more users deciding not to upgrade.
I for one will not be upgrading to 10.7, at least early on and then maybe not for some time. The major features that apple is touting don't really enhance my workflow. I can wait and by waiting my scanner software that I use will still work (for what ever reason epson hasn't updated it yet).
I for one will not be upgrading to 10.7, at least early on and then maybe not for some time. The major features that apple is touting don't really enhance my workflow. I can wait and by waiting my scanner software that I use will still work (for what ever reason epson hasn't updated it yet).
I'll miss Diablo 1 + 2...
...but that's ok, 3 isn't far (hopefully)
And Starcraft/Warcraft as well....is it possible for game developers like Blizzard to add Intel support for their legacy titles? It'd be nice....
I wouldn't call it a bombshell but some users like me are in a lurch. We have to rely on others to update software that we use. If they don't update it we're out of luck
Yes it is possible for them to make them universal, but it's unlikely that they will bother.
I understand that keeping Rosseta in Lion would be easy for Apple and people still using PPC apps could keep on using them, but in 2011 3rd party software that is not updated to intel is not Apple's problem either. Office 2008 also is not Apple's screw up.
Guess it's time to find an affordable practical vector graphics tool that's not Corel Draw 11.
Oh... wait...
Oh... wait...
Yes, well I decided to go through that in 2009. If I couldn't get versions of things that ran natively by then I figured they were a lost cause and replaced them with different programs.
Not to sound unsympathetic, but why didn't you do that then? It was pretty clear that if a company didn't care by then they probably wouldn't ever care.
Basterds! How about AoE 2? or Unreal Tournament? Damn it, those are the only games I still play ...
I can't say I'm happy about this, I actually attempted to install Rosetta on the Lion Developer Preview, the install went fine but rosetta based apps do not work..
Theres no rosetta applications that I rely on, I'm a web designer and I just use the latest versions of Photoshop & Illustrator etc..
But what I'm going to miss is the ability to run a lot of the old games that I really enjoyed, not to mention emulators will also no longer work..
I'm hoping we'll see some fan ports from the Windows side for these older games..
Theres no rosetta applications that I rely on, I'm a web designer and I just use the latest versions of Photoshop & Illustrator etc..
But what I'm going to miss is the ability to run a lot of the old games that I really enjoyed, not to mention emulators will also no longer work..
I'm hoping we'll see some fan ports from the Windows side for these older games..
I wonder if it would be possible for someone to hack Rosetta into 10.7?
Personally I can just see dual boots being used for those who really need it. I do this all the time with Windows XP and Windows 7 64bit for a few things where a VM isn't good enough and there are compatibility issues with w7 due to it being 64bit.
Personally I can just see dual boots being used for those who really need it. I do this all the time with Windows XP and Windows 7 64bit for a few things where a VM isn't good enough and there are compatibility issues with w7 due to it being 64bit.
http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ ?
I've never used it but I know it has vector tools. I don't know what you mean by "practical," though.
fortunately i don't have any apps that are PPC left. this doesn't affect me nearly as much as losing classic did, for one of my all time favorite games, lode runner, mad monks revenge
I keep Tiger installed on an external drive for all old games since 2007. Almost all old games work just fine on Tiger. Diablo I/II, Alien vs Predator, Alice in Wonderland, Return to Castle wolfenstein, Heretic and many others. Problem solved.
I'm sure I have some older applications that I use now that runs in rosetta. Is their an easy way for me to find out which programs are running in rosetta right now? I have an newer iMac running Snow Leo 10.6.7
Intuit just sucks
It's amusing that the one example provided of software that still runs on the pre-Intel system is Quicken. As someone who suffered through Intuit on Windoez then the Mac, let's just be real: Intuit just sucks. Oh. And Quickbooks sucks too, but that's not germane to this discussion.
If you're staying on a PPC system for Quicken-- dude, switch to Mint! I mean really. It's free and does all the stuff Quicken does, and does it better through the browser.
It's amusing that the one example provided of software that still runs on the pre-Intel system is Quicken. As someone who suffered through Intuit on Windoez then the Mac, let's just be real: Intuit just sucks. Oh. And Quickbooks sucks too, but that's not germane to this discussion.
If you're staying on a PPC system for Quicken-- dude, switch to Mint! I mean really. It's free and does all the stuff Quicken does, and does it better through the browser.
yes this is a problem for me and tons of people in the professional graphics world. i'm not sure what i paid maybe $1200 for the whole calibration suite (monitor, printer, cameras, etc.) and i wont have rosetta to run it. Xrite barely ever updates software and of course there is no replacement (especially after buying the hardware). Plus they are basically the only game in town.
Not that I wanted Lion right away anyway, but I guess I'll at least need to keep SL around for awhile longer.