"5/6 years" So you say you cannot run MAC software from 2000.
I can run MS software from 1980. I rest my case. At 5/24/2006 02:03 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >That simply is not true. A Mac user does not have to upgrade their >software EVERY time a new Mac comes out. You can run a ton of programs, >including Microcrap Office, on the new Intel macs. No need to upgrade >there. Some with Adobe's software. Same was true when Apple went with OS >X. You could run many, many applications in Classic, and ALL the new >hardware for years supported classic. Classic does not work on the new >Intel macs. So, after what, 5/6 years, Apple decided that people have >had enough time to move forward. You are spreading FUD. Big time. > >And another thing, is it sooooo bad that if you get a new computer you >might have to pay a little to get software that runs properly with it? >Apple provided a cheap upgrade to Logic users for a Intel version of >Logic. Logic did run, but runs at a whole new level with the Intel >version. Look, if you go out and buy a car, are you expecting to be able >to install you're 10 year old car stereo, you're favorite car seat, and >your fuzzy dice and those neato pink tires? Or would you rather get >things that actually work well with the computer? > >Perhaps cutting the cord is why Apple is innovative, and moving forward >where Microsoft it's version of OS X, ie: Vista, is lagging behind. >Apple gives you time to move forward, but after that time, new hardware >won't run old software. I don't think that is a bad thing at all. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
