Honestly? I already have it in the form of my Dual 1.25Ghz MDD. All I really want is full OS 9 drivers for later video cards.
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I’m not an OG like a lot of other people here, so
The current 14” but thicker with RAM and SSD slots, and 1 USB A slot. Even a little more thick for Face ID in the Lid, wouldn’t even mind a bump and an indentation in the top case to fit it.
The current 14” but thicker with RAM and SSD slots, and 1 USB A slot. Even a little more thick for Face ID in the Lid, wouldn’t even mind a bump and an indentation in the top case to fit it.
Yes, being able to actually use CS4 again would be a pleasure. Has Adobe has decommissioned the activation servers for the CS-era products, and are they still issuing updates? I think that the older suites use 32-bit updaters and plug-in update components that no longer run on OS X/macOS versions from Catalina onward. I remember a few years back when I tried to activate and update CS4 on a machine running Catalina (as I recall), and I soon found out that the frameworks and architectures to update the app were no longer supported. All that money that people have plugged into the Creative Suite packages over the course of many years is now gone, invested in something that users can no longer take advantage of, unfortunately.
It works for me, I don’t need anything else. Maybe another reason to hang onto my 2011 iMac with High Sierra. Unless I go to another program because I’m not paying Adobe a subscription.
Older software often runs faster, doesn't cost anything more (especially not monthly), and does what you need it to.
@Warped9 If you ever need to, Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve is free for personal use according to the Netscape-WinRAR Theory of "Free for home users, but companies [in this case, studios] have to cough up $300".
@Warped9 If you ever need to, Blackmagic's DaVinci Resolve is free for personal use according to the Netscape-WinRAR Theory of "Free for home users, but companies [in this case, studios] have to cough up $300".
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Get on torrents, no subscription. But yeah, I can imagine one can work in CS4 even today, no big issue, I just would rather choose something later if it is technically possible (for InDesign there was some noticeable improvement around CS6 as I barely recall).
What if you actually want properly licensed stuff, but can't afford the latest version?
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Just to point out…CS4 is still the IDML standard. I can save a CC21 ID doc as IDML and open it in CS4. So, until that changes Adobe seems to feel that CS4 still has some value.
Seems to be a lot of perfect Intel/M1 Macs here in the MacRumors PowerPC subforum.
Yes, sure. CS4 is still usable for professional applications.
The thread's title doesn't include PowerPC though, so those stumbling upon it via the spy wouldn't know.Seems to be a lot of perfect Intel/M1 Macs here in the MacRumors PowerPC subforum.
Yes, I know. It's precisely because of that my post was tongue in cheek.
My dream Mac would be an air cooled multiprocessor G5 (in this dream scenario G5’s would be capable of running OS 9 natively) with a GPU that supports both core image for Leopard and 2D/3D acceleration under OS 9. It would also have built-in FW800, USB 2, Wi-Fi, and DVD/CD burner.
Yep. I joined the M1 crowd. best Mac I have ever owned. Typing on it now, remoted into my work desktop. The oven XPS13 can just sit now.Seems to be a lot of perfect Intel/M1 Macs here in the MacRumors PowerPC subforum.
Mdd innards in the Blue and white case… and without those ugly mdd doors
Or a iMac g5 without the capacitor failure
Or a Mac "midi" G5... just use the iMac G5's form factor but remove the LCD.
<trololo-mode on> It certainly has PowerPC flavor: clang is broken, multiple ports do not build etc <trololo-mode off>
The perfect Mac for me would be a 17" PowerBook with modern internals - the M1 chip, higher resolution display, USB 3 etc. On the outside it would look the same (no webcam, same I/O but USB 3 and maybe a Thunderbolt port). And it would be as upgradeable as the real PBG4.
That or the PowerBook G5
That or the PowerBook G5
I'm really curious to try Asahi, so... I'd like a 14" MacBook Pro, BTO without the iSight (or accompanying notch) or microphone (iHearing?), if I need them I'll plug in my own, thanks. M1 Max 10/32/16, 64GB RAM, 8TB SSD, Danish keyboard. You know, the works. I'd also like it anodized turquoise, since that's my favorite color and it'd be kind of a callback to my first laptop (that I still have somewhere), an Acer Aspire One in blue.
3:2 screen a giant bonus.
3:2 screen a giant bonus.
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Okay, my previous answers are all still valid as well, but I've got a new one, and it's one I can (and in all likelihood will one day) build out myself:
A Beige G3 desktop, 3.5x multiplier
• 83MHz FSB overclock, 292MHz CPU
• 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
• PCI WiFi card
• 384 MB RAM
• Dual-boot Mac OS 8.6 and 9.2.2 off of a 32GB DOM
Multiple Scan 720 monitor sat on top
AEK II and ADB Mouse II
Sony SRS-PC35
A Beige G3 desktop, 3.5x multiplier
• 83MHz FSB overclock, 292MHz CPU
• 3dfx Voodoo3 3000
• PCI WiFi card
• 384 MB RAM
• Dual-boot Mac OS 8.6 and 9.2.2 off of a 32GB DOM
Multiple Scan 720 monitor sat on top
AEK II and ADB Mouse II
Sony SRS-PC35
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I would like a modern Mac computer with a case similar to the old G3- or G4-style towers (or desktops), that were relativley simple to open, upgrade, maintain and clean.
