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  • Jul 25, 2005
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  • henrrrik, my powermac stopped working to it's potential when the switch was announced. I spent 2x what normal people spend on PC's knowing that I was adopting a next generation dual processor 64 bit beast. I knew it was going to take a couple years before anyone started optimizing for 64 bit, so I knew the platform had some life in it to justify my outlay of cash. Well, apple just finally released their first true 64 bit OS and basically told all the developers to not bother to optimize for it. This, after I waited 3 years for the apps I wanted to be ported to OS X and had to sit on my OS 9 604 based machine which was crawling- another delayed purchase due to apple's 5 year major overhaul policy. I work in digital music and these optimizations are critical for me to get the life I need out of my platform. So what steve jobs has just done is take about 50% of the practical life out of my computer. Would it have been obselete in 5 years? Probably. But now it'll be obselete in 2. I can't afford to hang around on 3 year old music software. Maybe that's okay for some people (although I doubt it), but it's not okay for me, who spent a premium for what I thought would be premium hardware. I've been screwed and I'm not coming back to apple hardware in the future. I'm going to do everything in my power to buy a Dell and run OS X on it.
    Czech Republicscstraus had this to say on Jun 08, 2005 Posts: 2
    Apple Computer: Software Only in Five Years
  • The issue here is not about the future roadmap. The issue is about the disenfrancised customers and loss of marketshare in the near term. Example: Me! I spent close to $3000 to get a top of the line dual G5 which I expected to only get faster as developers optimized for G5, dual processors, 64 bit, etc. Now just over a year later, Steve drops this bombshell. Suddenly my 1 year old top of the line system is obselete. No further optimizations, and probably no forward compatibility with the new intel compiled apps. Am I going to buy another piece of mac hardware? Hell no. I'm going to find any possible way to buy a Dell and run OS X on that. And mark my words, someone will find a way. Do I need my mac in a shiny metal box? No, not really. The point you make about the hardware being irrelivent is correct on that point. I could care less about a fancy box as long as it runs the os I want (which will still be OS X). And in the near term I am taking every opportunity to discourage every potential mac owner I know from buying a mac until the transition is made, hence the drop in market share. This article is one of the few that isn't influienced by the reality distortion field. He's right.
    Czech Republicscstraus had this to say on Jun 07, 2005 Posts: 2
    Apple Computer: Software Only in Five Years