I still have my 1 GHz 17" PowerBook, model A, 3+ years, works like a
charm, and will run 10.5 as soon as it is available. My 1.4 GHz
Mini, 2 years is also running, so I don't see your point.
Two points actually...
One point was that it's trivial to ship a Windows product which supports
Win98, WinME, Win2000, WinXP, and Win2003. The vast majority of Windows
titles are Win98 or higher. Try shipping a Mac product which supports the
Mac releases from the same time frame, which would be Mac OS 8 through Mac
OS 10.4. It can be done, but it's difficult to say the least. It can be
tricky just to support 10.2 and higher with the latest Xcode, which wants to
push you into 10.3.9 or higher. Mac users have to pay to keep up with OS X
upgrades or they can't keep up the rest of their software.
The other point is that Mac OS X forced some serious hardware upgrades on
end users. A 500 MHz PC with enough RAM can run XP a heck of a lot better
than a 500 MHz G4 Mac can run OS X, though a 500 MHz Mac does fine with OS 9
and runs circles around just about any Windows release. But again, if you
stick with old hardware and OS 9, you are out of luck when it comes to
software support. I realize this may ruffle feathers, but I consider X to be
sluggish on anything less than a G5. It took a G5 for things to feel as
responsive as my old iMac G3 with OS 9.
Though Windows OS X...er...I mean...Windows Vista is sure to make Mac OS X
look like a compact, efficient, snappy little OS. What were Microsoft's
minimum requirements again? A liquid cooled supercomputer with TB storage?
Something like that....
Daniel L. Taylor
Taylor Design
Computer Consulting & Software Development
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.taylor-design.com
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