RIP G4 PowerMac

squiggleslash writes "An a not entirely surprising move, Apple has taken the PowerMac G4 out of production (see the last few paragraphs of this interesting article in Mac Central about the new G5s.) The PowerMac G4 had continued to be in production largely for users of Mac OS 9, and it had been speculated it might be kept as a lower-end headless entry-level Mac. You can still buy them from the Apple Store, while stocks last. On a seperate note, it looks like the 3GHz G5 is a while away, and G5 PowerBooks are no nearer production."

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Re:Message from the Extreme Conclusions Club

[Twirlip of the Mists]

Apple is taking away the only lifeline for people who use QPS (try every Gannet paper in the world).

Holy shit! I had no idea that OS 9 machines are going to stop working! When is this supposed to happen? What, is there like a big switch in Cupertino or something, and Steve's gonna up and pull it one day?

Idiot.

Furthermore, I don't know HOW long it's been since QPS was used by "a majority of newspapers." It's been an InDesign world for more than a year now, doubly so since InDesign 3 came out last fall. I'm sure there are some folks who are sticking to obsolete junk, but there always are. Hell, some people still use Windows!

Re:Not surprising, and not bad.

[Moofie]

OK. You write a program that gives you remote control of my Mac, and I'll give you a lollipop.

It's not possible. You can't do it. It's never been done in the wild. If you can do it, you should have entered the contests they ran a couple years ago, and invested the money in Apple stock. You'd have near enough cash to buy the VA Tech cluster. (OK, exaggerating a bit.)

Read about the results here.