![]() ![]() They all bought new boxes and want new and better software, they are just stuck with old stuff. The tech side don't like it but need to support it because they sunk millions in enterprise software which didn't update to Vista because Vista sucks(ed) thus many are still trying to get upgraded software to run on Win 7. The average consumer likes it because Vista sucks(ed) and the some still aren't sure about Win 7 but many are going there. My impression is that many consider it a necessary evil, not a good thing. Last point, you bring out the XP still supported argument like it is a good thing. I think most people would say it's time to upgrade. Even from a software stand point then you have to be running software that is 3 years old. From a software standpoint, Apple stopped supporting PPC with it's OS in Jan 2009. So hardware wise, your PPC is over 4 years old at the least, if not 5+. Window machines normally tend to last about 3-5 years of their useful life before the average person considers upgrading.īy Jan 2007, no Mac was being sold by Apple that was PPC and the first Intel Mac was available in Jan 2006. XP also is based on the same hardware chipset as Win7 (e.g. Toasters people, toasters! Stylish toasters, but they're toasters!Īnother difference with win machines - you have to specially install XP on a modern machine, most don't sell outright XP as the "normal" setup. It's not a prized heirloom, it's a freaking toaster. When your toaster wears out do you get bummed out talking about the old days of toast technology and are upset that the new ones that toast faster and more efficiently aren't as nice as the older toasting technology? No! Get over it. The other thing is - it's better that people start thinking of computers as toasters. ![]() It's time, get with the new.Īnd the writing was on the wall when in 2003 Jobs promised there would be a 3 ghz G5 and IBM failed to deliver. The idea is that corporate america has a machine covered for three years with an extended warranty and when it expires they unload the pc so they are not saddled with expensive repairs. The life of Intel Windows based PCs in the industry has a three year buy-use-replace cycle. No computer manufacturer supports hardware as if it was new with constant support for over five years. I sympathize with the one decrying the loss of support but it hasn't been two years since the Intel switch, it's been five years, four months and five days since those CoreDuo iMacs were announced. With my G5 the components to repair it would be so expensive I could buy a whole new Mac (that would be MUCH faster and better). My Corei7 iMac does everything that I need a Mac do, better than my old G5 and if they opted to stop support for it I could always go Windows 7 native on it or Linux or something. Even when it was running its best its performance was a fraction of my Intel Mac and used far more electricity to boot. I have mixed feelings about the dropping of PPC myself but honestly - my G5 blew up late last summer and I'm not bothering to get it repaired. Thanks Perian People for updating this excellent asset to the Mac community! Concisely put, we have almost no motivation to continue working on 10.5 or ppc. I post this not looking for a response, but as an explanation. I do respect older versions of os x and hardware, but not at the cost of what we're doing now. ![]() The point is that we have to make the best choices for us currently, and for our users. I have an old g4 800 mhz imac, I had a nice g4 ibook, a g3 700 ibook, and I had even older machines I won't list. No more perian < perian which is enjoyable to work on. For an open source project with a very small developer pool, it can cause the project to actually die off. We spent a large amount of time on support for something which didn't apply to well over 80% of our user base. Let me explain this a bit further, and how we came to this decision. Over 80% of our userbase that hits the website is on 10.6. Did you know that we could have released in November if it hadn't been for supporting 10.5 and ppc? Not even 10.4, but 10.5.ģ) A userbase which for the most part moves with updates. Please bear in mind that we have 3 real problems to address here in order for any sort of ppc support to return:ġ) Nobody who actually works on perian likes working on this old stuff.Ģ) A lack of time resources. We're just not going to continue supporting it in 1.3 (or whatever version number I end up being happy with). 1.2.2 and 1.2.1 will still work in 2 years if they still work today. With 2 very part time developers who actually have real jobs and real lives outside of this, and myself as project manager who has a real job and a real life, I really just don't see the point. In all fairness, if you can find a developer who wants to work on Perian on PPC, and can work with our very small team, then I'd be open to changing our stance. ![]()
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