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Apple gives Win XP better support than Leopard
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GermanyChris
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Hastings101
macrumors 68020
Windows XP is used by 20% of the world's computer-using population. All versions of Mac OS X are somewhere around 7% and I'd imagine Leopard is 1% or less of that. Not worth the resources supporting it. That, and the fact that they're probably trying to force you to upgrade to a new Mac 😛
The most ridiculous iThing is the iPod Shuffle,a 49eur iPod, wich is equal to the previous one (apart from the colors), and requires a machine with 10.6.8!
THe previous one required 10.5.X.
And the bad part about all this, no one can "hack" previous itunes do sync the ipods or iphones...I almost bet than in windows some regedit could do the trick 😛
THe previous one required 10.5.X.
And the bad part about all this, no one can "hack" previous itunes do sync the ipods or iphones...I almost bet than in windows some regedit could do the trick 😛
I presume you can still do OTA updates of existing devices to iOS6.
However, the writing's now officially on the wall for PPC as anything other than a hobbyist's platform, with Firefox/Tenfourfox facing its own 'judgement day' with the end of official Leopard support.
Still, it was fun while it lasted, and iTunes 10.6.3 will keep playing the tunes and doing home sharing on my iMac G4...
However, the writing's now officially on the wall for PPC as anything other than a hobbyist's platform, with Firefox/Tenfourfox facing its own 'judgement day' with the end of official Leopard support.
Still, it was fun while it lasted, and iTunes 10.6.3 will keep playing the tunes and doing home sharing on my iMac G4...
TacticalDesire
macrumors 68020
I agree with the sentiment, but if it's any consolation, iTunes syncing isn't as much or a priority since iOS5 and now iOS6. You don't have to sync with iTunes at all if you don't want to.
Ariii
macrumors 6502a
The problem with iDevices, except for the iPhone and maybe iTouch is that a larger part of the users of those devices are Mac users than, maybe, a random selection of users of computers in general, so I think it's a bit more important to support older devices than before.
velocityg4
macrumors 604
I doubt the percentage difference is really that great. There may be a slightly higher percentage of Mac users that are represented in iOS than say an HP printer. Let's say 7% of printer buyers are Mac owners then perhaps 10% of iOS buyers are Mac owners.
I say this according to Appleinsider. There were 156,000,000 iOS devices sold in 2011. By the end of 2011 there were 122,000,000 Macs ever sold that is over 28 years of cumulative Mac sales.
Sure Macs are selling much better now than they used to. About 17,000,000 sold in 2011. Even if every one that bought one also bought one iOS device that is still about 9%.
Sure older Macs could run iOS devices. Even then there have been 316,000,000 total iOS devices sold up to the end of 2011. That absolutely dwarfs the number of Macs able to connect to them. Plus I highly doubt that the ratio of Macs capable of connecting to an iOS device means one iOS device sold.
