You're just changing the subject; this is about people incorrectly thinking that Rosetta somehow slows their computer down or something. I suspect this is mostly about licensing fees, since Rosetta wasn't developed by Apple.
--Eric
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You're just changing the subject; this is about people incorrectly thinking that Rosetta somehow slows their computer down or something. I suspect this is mostly about licensing fees, since Rosetta wasn't developed by Apple.
--Eric
Seems like Adobe dropped the ball or should I say knew well ahead that it CS software should have been UB or Cocoa complaint. Not
problem, its Adobe problem for not giving the customer software that will be useful for another 3-5 years. Then again they are in the business of sucking your wallet for an annual CS release and you are foolish enough to purchase or upgrade annually.If the customers did not upgrade due to support or features lacking the developer would get the idea and provide something the customer will purchase. Its Adobe gain and a loss for its customers. Protest to Adobe not to Apple, since
was the one who wanted a UB or Cocoa version of PhotoShop for years.
Well, we professionals do use QT as the foundation of all the video editing software there is on the Mac. Like Final Cut, Premiere or After Effects. If you think QT is just a player, you know nothing...
I'm not changing the subject. You used the word "overhead", and I was pointing out that there is definitely "overhead" for continuing to offer legacy compatibility technologies. If you specifically meant "overhead" in terms of things that affect the running of a user's machine, well, you should have said it.
The general discussion was about Apple's responsibility to support older hardware, so everything gets read in that context.Wrong, Classic emulates OS 9, which is a PPC-only OS.
Although I'm not happy that Apple is dropping support for PPC software, if you need to run old software, run it on an old Mac. Problem solved.
Of course you MBA boots in 10 seconds. you have a solid state hard drive.
Unfortunatly for anyone using a traditional hard drive and doesn't have 200+ $ for a SSD, its kind of a pain to use a dual OS system.
Rosetta and legacy apps
To everyone who is complaining that Apple dropping Rossetta will make it impossible to run their legacy production software:
Are you insane!? Do you even remotely think about upgrading to a new OS when the super important software you are using isn't being developed anymore? This is not about Rossetta, but lack of support from the software company. There are hundreds of ways that your driver or whatever can break when upgrading to Lion, that's the very definition of major releases.
To everyone who is complaining that Apple dropping Rossetta will make it impossible to run their legacy production software:
Are you insane!? Do you even remotely think about upgrading to a new OS when the super important software you are using isn't being developed anymore? This is not about Rossetta, but lack of support from the software company. There are hundreds of ways that your driver or whatever can break when upgrading to Lion, that's the very definition of major releases.
I checked, and I don't see any power pc apps, but I did see several power pc items that are converters, sample scripts or extensions for some CS5 apps and MS Office apps.
Does this mean that the CS5 and Office software will not work or be unstable?
These are major software programs that many people use, so it might make upgrading to Lion a non-starter for a lot of people.
I have a 120GB SSD on my MBP, custom not BTO from
Booting on the SSD takes less than 20 seconds, its far cheaper than buying another Mac to only run SL. As mentioned earlier you are not forced to upgrade to Lion.
Lucky you for having a solid state drive. amazingly enough being a teenager i don't have 200+$ for a solid state drive.
thank god i don't have to upgrade. because then i would have to get a new laptop.
With an SSD in your laptop, it will breath new life into it. Instead of picking up a new laptop every 1-3 years, consider upgrading to an SSD on your present laptop and bank the savings. I did just this and have no regrets. If you have a lot of media files, its time for a 1TB external.
My next upgrade is on my white iMac from 2007-2008, however waiting on a 240GB SSD option to hit the right price range before I commit.
Once you go SSD, your can't go back to HDD.
With an SSD in your laptop, it will breath new life into it. Instead of picking up a new laptop every 1-3 years, consider upgrading to an SSD on your present laptop and bank the savings. I did just this and have no regrets. If you have a lot of media files, its time for a 1TB external.
My next upgrade is on my white iMac from 2007-2008, however waiting on a 240GB SSD option to hit the right price range before I commit.
Once you go SSD, your can't go back to HDD.
I know SSD is better. someday i'm going to buy one. right now, and probably for another year and a half, i cant afford a SSD.
Its kind of dumb though, because I only bought my MB Pro 6 months ago, its a bit retarded to buy an new SSD HDD for it,
and I have no plans to get a computer every 1-3 years.
Thinking green here.
$20 a week or even a month and within a year you should have enough for a minimum 120GB SSD if not more considering the price drops of SSD. Sounds like more excuses, for
to support lazy 3rd party developers.
- AppleWorks
- Kodak DCS software
etc.
I won't be downgrading to Lion.
cube meet iWork.
Lion does not support PhotoShop 1.0, I am not going to downgrade either.
OS 9 did include a 68K emulator though. Too bad they didn't update Classic to run on Intel Macs, then you could have run 68K apps being emulated by PPC code being emulated by x86 code.
(Though you can still do this by using Sheepshaver.)--Eric
Lion does not support PhotoShop 1.0, I am not going to downgrade either.
Photoshop 1.0 is obsolete. Native camera software is not.
But that is the whole point. All the Macs up to date are still running Snow Leopard, there is no need to change to Lion unless you will buy a new Mac after this summer.
I know people having Macs running Tiger - this includes my father which got an Mac Mini from me last year. Loads of people still use G4, my uni uses windows XP and so my mother with an 10 years old PC that makes more heat than my blowdrier.
I don't really see the need for a person to jump on a new OS if still good with an old one. At least this is my point of view and I don't see where is the problem on having old hardware running old OSes.
So what is the problem?
Where's the guarantee that iWork supports all AppleWorks files at 100%?
Seems like Adobe dropped the ball or should I say knew well ahead that it CS software should have been UB or Cocoa complaint. Not
Well said, since all of Apple's software is Cocoa-compliant.
</sarcasm>
Some major parts of Apple's software library are still 32-bit Carbon. Fail for Apple.
I transfer all my camera files to my Mac via iPhone ($$$) or ImageReady (free) then edit via PhotoShop. No problems at all. So I do not see what the problem is, unless you are being stubborn to adapt. In that case it sound like a personal problem. God luck with that.