On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, at 04:34 AM, Illovox Media wrote:
on 10/28/03 10:50 PM, John Acuff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I love Apple too, and OS X, and I would never want to have to go
back to the PC (Winblows) world I used to live in, but this is one
time that I really wish that Apple had done things differently. And I'm
looking at the same thing all over again with Panther. I just finally
get a Powerbook (Wallstreet) capable of running X, and I won't be able
to run the latest version on it. And my Beige G3 is of course left out.
What will it be next version? Native G4 machines only?
Just my .02
John,
My feeling is that what you are asking is like hoping that Ford will design
a 2004 Mustang with all new engine, amenities and traction but can also use
1966 Mustang wheels and tires because you already bought them and they are
just sitting in your garage doing nothing.
Solution to the car dilemma: Ride the classic boat and take pride in it.
Solution to the computer dilemma: Ride the classic boat and take pride in
it.
Nope. Totally different analogy. The point I'm trying to make is, that if it was more important to Apple to get people using the new OS, than to get them to buy new equipment, they would have written serial port support into the OS. Instead, they chose to obsolete a whole slew of peripherals that thousands of people had, in some cases, hundreds of dollars invested in. Then Jobs couldn't seem to understand why folks weren't dumping OS 9 in droves and migrating to OS X. I personally couldn't wait until I got my Beige G3/333, so that I could finally run X. I was so hyped to try it after reading all the reviews and seeing the cool screenshots. Got it installed and booted into X for the first time, sweet!! Yeah, my floppy drive didn't work anymore, but so what? The only thing I ever used it for was to install software, and there was no software for OS X on floppy anyway. No big loss. Then I realized that I wasn't going to be able to print from X because it didn't see my serial port. Oops! Didn't know about that. I guess it's back to 9 to print! Hmm, that means my digital camera isn't going to work anymore either. Of course iPhoto doesn't support my Agfa camera anyway, so once again, back to 9! But yet all my old ADB stuff still works under X. If they can support ADB, why not serial? Answer; they could have if Jobs had wanted it. Funny thing tho, when Jag came out, and I had installed it on both G3's, one of my apps that used the serial ports on my Keyspan adapter on my B&W, was able to see the built-in serial port on my Beige G3. It couldn't under 10.1. I still haven't quite figured that one out. Of course my Laserwriter and my camera still wouldn't work.....
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