Are you gonna update to Snow Leopard?



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not updating to 10.6, and because of non 10.6 issues, going back to windows after years of OSX

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I will not be updating because I need support for Adobe CS3 and other old softwares and I can't deal with that BS. Maybe in the future.
Not cool to get a cheap $30 update to Snow Leopard if you need to pay $200+ to update one of your apps...

That's one thing I don't like of OSX, they brake too fast support for old programs and hardware.

Sure it may be a good thing sometime, but only to people that can pay the updates.

The cut of PPC is a big plus for us Intel-Mac users, but seriously, I can't think how painful this will be for someone that brought a Dual G5 Power Mac at $3000 in 2006... (For god shake, that just 3 years ago...)

Same goes with softwares, why Apple don't bring some compatibility support like on Windows? (Windows 9x, XP, etc compatibility modes on Windows 7)

/ Slightly off-topic rant

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Not cool to get a cheap $30 update to Snow Leopard if you need to pay $200+ to update one of your apps...

That's one thing I don't like of OSX, they brake too fast support for old programs and hardware.

Sure it may be a good thing sometime, but only to people that can pay the updates.

The cut of PPC is a big plus for us Intel-Mac users, but seriously, I can't think how painful this will be for someone that brought a Dual G5 Power Mac at $3000 in 2006... (For god shake, that just 3 years ago...)

Same goes with softwares, why Apple don't bring some compatibility support like on Windows? (Windows 9x, XP, etc compatibility modes on Windows 7)

/ Slightly off-topic rant

Not true. Most, if not all, of the software I've used on Snow Leopard so far works perfectly. Adobe CS3 and CS4 work perfectly. I've only run into a few stragglers (CandyBar, 1Password, and LittleSnapper) and all three have already been updated for free.

3 years is plenty of time to phase out PowerPC support. They've had Intel computers for 4 years now. It was only a matter of time before PowerPC was dropped. Either way, you're not being forced to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Leopard is still a very nice OS.

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Adobe abandons CS3 legacy support for Apple's Snow Leopard

And, no, 3 years is very SHORT for a $3000 computer.

It's already annoying to see our computer aging on the hardware side, if we now get locked in softwares, it's not good. Specially for SMBs.

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Bah, I think if you have a PowerPC computer, you can still have Leopard and Adobe CS3 or CS4. I don't see what the problem is to stop supporting PowerPCs right now, because these pieces of software are still pretty new and complete in terms of features. Both are 2 years old I think, and each version of Photoshop doesn't bring MUCH new. Snow Leopard doesn't really bring features, it's more about optimization, so getting it for PowerPC would just give you Dock Expos?, Exchange support, etc. Not worth it. AKA I don't see why a consumer would "absolutely need" Snow Leopard right now, as there is no software that is Snow Leopard only. It's really good because it optimizes stuff a lot and adds a few things, but it's not as useful as from Tiger to Leopard... never understood why PowerPC users felt so rejected already:pp

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Adobe abandons CS3 legacy support for Apple's Snow Leopard

And, no, 3 years is very SHORT for a $3000 computer.

It's already annoying to see our computer aging on the hardware side, if we now get locked in softwares, it's not good. Specially for SMBs.

"Abandoning legacy support" and "the program doesn't work" are two very, very different things. Adobe won't help you fix something if CS3 breaks on your Snow Leopard install. However, that doesn't mean CS3 automatically breaks (it doesn't; it works just fine).

The last time Apple shifted architectures, it took them 3 years to phase out the old architecture as well. Mac OS 8.5, released in 1998, got rid of 68k (Motorola processor) support.

Chances are if you're still using a PowerPC Mac, the performance improvements in Snow Leopard wouldn't have meant that much to you considering you're using a 3 year machine. Leopard does a great job now and it'll do a great job in however many more years you keep the PowerPC machine.

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