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OS X Lion to Drop 'Rosetta' Support for PowerPC Applications
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Sorry, there is a big difference between a 32 bit EFI and a 32 bit CPU. There are well known hacks to get Snow Leopard to boot into 64 bit Kernel Mode when you have a 32 bit EFI, but a 64 bit CPU.
Goodbye Freehand!
Man, I will definitely miss Freehand, I´m a user since 1992. Time to start fiddling around with that copy of Pixelmator I bought a while back in one o those MacHeist bundles.
Does anybody recommend Pixelmator as a Freehand alternative or is there something better out there (not Adobe Illustrator please)?
Man, I will definitely miss Freehand, I´m a user since 1992. Time to start fiddling around with that copy of Pixelmator I bought a while back in one o those MacHeist bundles.
Does anybody recommend Pixelmator as a Freehand alternative or is there something better out there (not Adobe Illustrator please)?
Sorry, but you're the one mistaken here.
I'd love to see what "well known hacks" you are talking about because it's impossible to make a machine with a 32-bit EFI boot into a 64-bit kernel regardless of whether or not your CPU is 64-bit or 32-bit.
It's got to be a joke, guys. MacRumors forum posters aren't that thick. Right? ...Right?
That's Rosetta Stone, the foreign language app.
Here were talking about Rosetta, the OS X service that allows apps compiled for PPC to run on Intel Macs.
Chris Breen on Macworld said that the installer works, though some people have reported issues with some of the updates (e.g. corrupt databases). He said it's nothing Microsoft couldn't fix with updates (and probably will since it's in its "current" support phase).
I moved from an ancient pirated copy of Photoshop a long time ago to Pixelmator (from the same MacHeist bundle as you, I think) and I've been pleased with it, overall. That said, Photoshop is not Freehand, so I suppose you'll have to try it out to really know whether you like it.
I know what Classic is, SCSI, etc. Of course I know what Rosetta is.
Legacy Support
If you have a scanner use VueScan. It supports just about any scanner that is or has been on the market.
I just wish I had a decent Quicken alternative.
The new version is bad and doesn't support older formats locking your data into a proprietary database. The other software out there just doesn't cut it. I've looked at iBank multiple times and it doesn't import or do split transactions well. I think i'll look at MoneyDance but I don't have high hopes.
If I had Rosetta I would just use the same old app I've been using.
If it works, why change?
If you have a scanner use VueScan. It supports just about any scanner that is or has been on the market.
I just wish I had a decent Quicken alternative.
The new version is bad and doesn't support older formats locking your data into a proprietary database. The other software out there just doesn't cut it. I've looked at iBank multiple times and it doesn't import or do split transactions well. I think i'll look at MoneyDance but I don't have high hopes.
If I had Rosetta I would just use the same old app I've been using.
If it works, why change?
Strange - you attack the MS Office for Mac as being a joke compared with Office for Windows, then state that you still use and prefer the 2002 version.
Here we use both of the latest versions, and find them both drastic improvements on the earlier versions, and as good as each other.
So maybe you should not trash a Mac version when you don't even like the Windows version. Maybe your post should have simply read "All versions of Office since 2002/3 suck". That is really your stance.
Supposedly Pixelmator 2 is getting vector drawing to some extent. Personally, for vector I'm one of those guys who uses Omnigraffle (nice blog post showing how Omnigraffle is more than just a diagram tool).
For old scanners, try VueScan (http://www.hamrick.com/). I first bought it when Epson dropped my printer after the classic to OS X switch years ago and I've been getting free upgrades ever since. In many cases it's better than the software bundled with the scanner.
...and when does anything coming from Redmond WA make sense?? (sorry, couldn't resist)
It is frustrating though that Apple would chose to do this. But to be fair, it's not like it's been 5 years or anything... oh wait, yes it has. You could see the writing on the wall when they dropped PPC support in Snow Leopard.
And speaking of Microsoft... People, and more importantly corporations, are not really adopting Windows 7 like they had hoped (it's still about half and half). Why? Partly it is because companies have spent a lot of money on programs that they don't want to give up. Partly because they did such an excellent job with Vista. But this is nothing new for Microsoft. They have always had problems with reverse compatibility when transitioning between operating systems.
It will be interesting to see if this actually affects people's adoption of Lion. Clearly Apple doesn't think it will.
Tried Vuescan. Hate it with a passion. Horrible, horrible, even compared to years-old Canon software.
Eudora
So what are die-hard Eudora users moving to for email under Lion?
I tried both Thunderbird and the Apple Mail app a couple years ago, and went back to using my 6 year old copy of Eudora.
So what are die-hard Eudora users moving to for email under Lion?
I tried both Thunderbird and the Apple Mail app a couple years ago, and went back to using my 6 year old copy of Eudora.
You've been here since 2005 and you are that oblivious to what we are all talking about?