On 6/9/05, Scott Holder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I really wonder how much of a concern that is. Although this list is > probably an exception due to its nature, most people don't necessarily > run the latest OS possible on their system if it's a bit old. Apple > continued supporting 68k through three semi-major revisions (7.0, 7.5, > 8.0) after PPC came out so I'd not worry too much about current OSes. > I'd personally worry more about applications.
Quite. I expect there won't be much agressive optimisation for Altivec and things like that any more, just like I bet that the Altivec-accelerated bits of OS X don't currently use SSE3 on x86 - you don't spend time and money on performance tweaking for stuff that's not making you money. However, I bet there'll be an OS X 10.5 and probably 10.6 for PPC - probably until the end of the decade or so. > Even if you have a PPC OS > running, what happens when some percentage of major apps and lots of > free/shareware apps are Intel-only? Granted it's not hard to make them > fat/universal/whatever but will they be? Good question. I'm guessing they will be as long as it requires little extra effort, and once people start developing stuff that uses and depends on x86 features, like SSE3 or whatever, then PPC support will start to fall away... -- Liam Proven Home: http://welcome.to/liamsweb * Blog: http://lproven.livejournal.com AOL, Yahoo UK: liamproven * ICQ: 73187508 * MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
