You are 100% correct. This was precisely my experience with my 2020 i7 Intel MBP. I feel a little guilty for selling it to a nice lady for $550. I'm typing this on a new M5 MBP. It's heaven! Oh, and yes, I did need to update some software—big whoop. C'est la vie.
Because he was the one that oversaw the restrictive practice contracts that tied enterprise users into Windows.
Not all consumers using computers for the office are like that. Some like build quality, smooth operation, etc. The presumption that price is all important is pretty much nonsense. In environments where people choose their own machines I see a good proportion of Macs.
Interesting, so not fully functional, but definitely usable. Yeah with Oni, it was not the installer, but some of the other underlying frameworks.
it is actually quite simple to keep the support going by adding translation/emulation layers like roseta, no need to 'hinder future advancements' (whatever that is), but it is much more profitable to simply force people to pay again and again for the same things. It is working wonderfully for apple.
Yes also true. Developers just need to be better. It is probably something that needs to happen industry wide -- stop with the meaningless feature grab and start actually fixing things that haven't been fixed in forever and start optimizing the code more.
Welcome to the new pricing model for everything. Pay us for the rest of your life, otherwise we’ll hold your files hostage and lock you out of something you’ve paid for decades. And also you have to pass these new costs onto your customers, who will be fewer afterward. You own nothing, ever again. Be happy!
So what you are saying is that you do not check or research to make sure the software you "have to" run on your systems actually works correctly on the latest OS releases? I feel like nearly all professionals using Macs for anything in the graphic design space know this; mostly from being burned so many times by Apple and Adobe.
This is not just an Adobe-related issue. Try running an older or latest version of CorelDRAW—try anything, really. It feels more like Apple’s shift away from Intel: dropping support for important software titles that people have happily used on Macs for decades. And yes, I was sure it will work! Because my 2 previouse macbooks pro been super and support anything.
It is not Apple's job to make sure the developers of CorelDRAW update their software to run on the latest OS. Apple does not operate like Microsoft. Microsoft will keep aged APIs in Windows forever because they have to with the market share they command. Apple does not and has no problems dropping old APIs for newer ones. Anyway here is the list of compatible Adobe stuff that runs on Tahoe (supposedly). I can not confirm since I am not running Tahoe on any of my systems.
Here is a link for him.
The customer isn't always right; and doubly so when it comes to computing. I will say it again, it is not Apple's job to make sure developers update their software to work with the latest abortion of an OS that Apple releases. Just about everyone knows that Apple has no problem whatsoever dropping APIs. And this has nothing to do with PowerPC/Intel/Apple Silicon. It has been this way since I have used Apple Macintosh products. And I have been using them across all 3 CPU architectures; and have been burned at least once or twice on every one.
That is a possibility. Not sure why anyone would think that crossing stuff over from an Intel Mac would work going to an Apple Silicon Mac, at least application wise. Now if my Mom or Grandma did that I would not be surprised; but someone who claims to be a professional graphic artist -- they ought to know better by now.
Agreed. I went from i9 Intel to M4. Set the machine up as new. It took longer, but everything works.
I'm not sure if PS 5.5 supports pressure sensitivity to begin with, definitely not with the newer different APIs the Surface Pen is using at least. Maybe an ancient Wacom would work?
Yeah I actually have CS6 and it is so painful to install I haven't done it to any of my Windows installs in YEARS.
of course they might not, but this is a post specifically replying to someone complaining about the professional image- and video processing software he needs for work that supposedly isn't working on his expensive Mac when a "similarly specced $700 windows laptop" would do the trick "perfectly". I'm not talking about general consumers, I'm talking about people claiming they do professional video editing with plugins and professional software needed.
Indeed.
apps.apple.com
My Mac mini is running macOS 26.2
