No, it really is bigotry(although I don't mean to imply it on your part; sorry for that.). [\quote]
Whatever, I dislike personal attacks on any end.
And most of the insults come from the Intel fans, who really have no stake in the matter.
So?
SL may include 32-bit support, but if you expect to run it in 64-bit mode, you will need 64-bit drivers. Apple will include their own drivers for many products, but 3rd party hardware will need to provide their own. Many older Apple products will probably see no 64-bit support, just as PPC sees no support. (Potential examples on Apple's part, actual status unknown by me: USB Modem, Firewire iSight, older printers, scanners, etc.)
You can
never guarantee anything provided from a third party. Never.
Yes, and it says 64-bit Applications will have no problem with your hardware, which presumes you have drivers. It doesn't say the hardware will work in the first place, because Apple can't promise that.
Well that's too bad You cannot expect to have support forever. Contact the manufacturer and ask about support.
I would agree with that (for 32-bit App compatibility), but I also would have expected 10.6 to be the last PPC OSX. 32-bit Intel users may find 10.6 is their last bootable OS release.(Note: I am reading 'next one' as 10.7)
I think that Apple felt that since Snow Leopard was not going to be about new visual features and mostly under the hood, that selling it to a platform that was already in its sunset was pointless. Apple never really guaranteed OSX or PPC software support for a certain amount of years. Their software has been trending intel only for a few years now.
Yes, I just wanted other readers to understand that the architecture argument is a weak argument, because PPC is already supported by OSX, just as 32-bit Intel is already supported on OSX.
THe problem is that PPC and Intel are different. End of sentence. Apple dropped PPC because they no longer wanted to develop for it. Simply because support was technically possible is not the point of this discussion.
Again, Apple could have technically kept Classic around in Leopard for PPC users. They did not. Apple sent a huge message that they are consolidating their product line. That includes the PPC line at some point.
The hard work for both has already been done, and dropping PPC is not an example of 'saving' hard work, just as keeping 32-bit Intel doesn't really create new work. The decision is being made more for the platform reasons, and marketing decisions. Some PPC users simply believe Apple has misjudged the situation and absolutely shortchanged PPC users who bought their top-of-the-line systems from mid-2005 to the end of 2006.
Its about consolidating support on their product line. Its more profitable in the long run.
Apple did not sell those systems with an advisory "We are going to screw you if you buy from us." Yes, PPC was going away. But the talk was of a pleasant 'Universal' experience. The message was Buy From Apple, because we're taking care of everybody. Dropping support for systems less than 3 years old is a breach of that promise.
Universal does not imply forever. Some things were not intended to last forever and were not built for that. Do you honestly think that PPC would stay around forever? How about until Apple started shipping Intel only Apps (starting in iLife '08). Apple did not promise support forever or even indefinitely. They made it clear that the future was Intel.
. So I guess it's not for all INTEL Macs 