I look forward to the day I can transition to an ARM based Mac. Those puppies are amazingly fast and it’s unlikely Windows machines will be competitive at the same price point. But … I’ll be using my Mac Book Air for years to come, it’s only 6 years old.
Kee > On Jan 12, 2021, at 2:47 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I am afraid i am at a crossroads now. > Unfortunately prices for Mac hardware increased over the years. I will > definitely not buy a M1 Mac. > I will use my iMac as long as i get updates for macOS and will then switch > back completely to Windows. > Most of the software i am using is available for macOS and Windows. Okay > Ulysses is one of the programs i will be definitely missing when going back > to Windows. > But i am sure i will find an alternative. Maybe Obsidian, currently not as > good as Ulysses, but i'll see. > > - > Matthias Rebbe > >> Am 12.01.2021 um 23:29 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >> >> I’ve no worries with LC. My concern is all the other apps I bought which the >> devs don’t port. <sigh> >> >> Bob S >> >> >>> On Jan 12, 2021, at 10:32 AM, chaplais via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have gone through this too . The most difficult was the change of OS. >>> Also, Apple had not ported MPW to the PPC, which led to the success of >>> Metrowerks CodeWarrior. >>> I stil have a compiler by them for BeOs on PPC. >>> This does not really make me feel younger. >>> Le 12 janv. 2021 à 19:13 +0100, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>, a écrit : >>>> Bob Sneidar wrote: >>>> >>>>> Up until the time Apple decides everything has to be M1, at which >>>>> support for Rosetta is withdrawn. The question is, how long do Intel >>>>> apps have to live? Deja Vu all over again. (see what I did there?) >>>> >>>> We've been here before... >>>> >>>> 68k -> PPC >>>> Classic -> OS X >>>> PPC -> Intel >>>> 32-bit -> 64-bit >>>> >>>> Adding: >>>> Intel -> M1 >>>> ...is just another day in Appleland. >>>> >>>> The engine has been carried forward well through all those changes, I'm >>>> not worried about this latest one. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Richard Gaskin >>>> Fourth World Systems >>>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >>>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>>> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
