>On Thursday, March 28, 2002, at 08:27 PM, Osborne wrote: > >> I don't think you are wrong at all. I think a LOT of people would buy a >> Radeon 7000 if it was fully supported in OS X. My main machine is a Ti >> Powerbook 550 which runs OS X very well. And I am very happy with the >> way my >> 7600 runs OS X for use as a second machine (even though it doesn't >> have a >> G3/G4 upgrade card). But good video would make it great!! > >I'm pretty sure that ATI does careful market research before they make >these decisions. > >However many aficionados there are that are running OSeX on legacy Macs, >it's still a small percentage of the total users out there. > >Too small an amount for ATI to see as a market that will provide am >ongoing market; and it's a shrinking market. ATI is a corporation with >responsibilities to shareholders/investors - they can't go chasing after >niche markets. > >Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have full support too. But I can't >expect ATI, or any other manufacturer, to invest a lot of R&D money in >what is essentially an unsupported configuration. (OSeX on a legacy Mac, >that is.) > >Cheers - Steve K. I see no reason to not encourage companies to go the extra mile.Supporting only what Apple does is safe but short sighted IMHO. What facts show ATI does careful market research? If so how is it that Apple has been giving a lot of business to the other guy! ATI sold this card for use in all PCI macs. It was only after people bought them was it found out they didn't work with OSX in older machines. People had been waiting for this card for well over a year with endless promises of next month. They then shipped a defective card as far as I am concerned. The boxes now have an add on label with this info. A company that does it's home work would have known this before the first one was sold. Steve,Please do not send me any more personal email on this or any other subject. I will not be censored. I am not your "friend " from the Mac Canada list. End of subject as far as I'm concerned. Will S
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