On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > > At 1:12 PM -0700 6/9/2009, Josh Keady wrote: > >On Jun 9, 7:25 am, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > OS X is NOT "intel only". It builds nicely for a number of > architectures. > > > >It builds nicely, the core, but it's not as simple as just clicking > >Build and having the OS all ready to go, surely you know that. You > >can compile Darwin for several different architectures but the Mac > >OS it doesn't make. > > I never said anything about the released Darwin code. The subject is > the full OS, as built by Apple internally. > > >How is this a marketing move? They want that lucrative Power PC- > >owning market share? Or new users will say "Phew, thank God they > >don't support that crusty old PPC hardware anymore, I'm finally ready > >to buy?" It just does not make enough sense for them ton continue > >developing on the Power PC side. It doesn't. > > Screwing existing customers is always a good way to make them buy > you're latest offering. > _____________________________________
I imagine there are some poor art directors out there who put their asses on the line 3 years ago and got there bosses tospend heavily on multicore G5s with all the trimmings. Does Apple really expect them to now put their asses on the line again to recommend buying Mac Pros after curtailing the productive life of expensive machinery? Hard enough to expect in good times but in a near depression? Apple is crazy and somewhere business owners are angry. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
