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Apple's Leopard Will Exclude 800MHz G4 Processors
goombah99 writes "According to AppleInsider, Apple is about to announce that Leopard will not support 800 MHz G4 PowerPC processors. Previously developers had been told that it would require at least an 800 MHz G4. But AppleInsider alleges only 867 MHz G4s and higher will now be supported because of speed issues, and testers have been told that the new OS 'cannot be installed' on lesser machines. This cutoff in minimum requirements means that all those original iMac flat screens and Titanium PowerBooks are now forked to the Tiger (10.4) Update Path."
Right, because complete 64-bit support, a *useable* *automatic* backup utility, the new developer tools, Objective-C 2.0, core-animation, a complete new interface & Finder, things like Xray (useable DTrace) mean nothing - and that's just off the top of my head!
You can't please all the people all the time, but to pretend it's "Apple's Vista" when it's not even out yet is the biggest load of tripe I've ever heard.
Simon.
Physicists get Hadrons!
Or, just keep using a perfectly good computer as-is, instead of "upgrading" just because something new came out.
"Oh boy! Are we going to try something dangerous?"
Why don't these Slashdot posts automatically have the word "rumor" in the headline? Seriously. As is, the headline is totally misleading, which leads to arguments that treat the discussion as if it is fact. Sure, Apple may incorporate these requirements into Leopard, but until then we're just putting out hot air about a rumor.
Read the EFF's Fair Use FAQ
Considering how much end users bitch about the performance of the old finder, a new finder, if it performs well, would be a huge advantage all on its own.
"In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women..." -H. Simpson
Things to consider:
Not every PC in 2001 had "Designed for Windows XP" stickers. Wonder why?
"Barely running" and "no problem running" could overlap depending on your level of Windows Enthusiasm.
Windows XP had major and significant problems until SP2 in 2004.
Vista came out in 2007 (technically 2006). Do PCs from 2007 have no problem running Vista?
To reliably run Windows with features on par with 2005's Mac OS X Tiger, wait for Vista Service Pack 2 in 2010, or perhaps Seven in 2013, or Seven SP2 in 2016.
Yes I'm kidding, but no not really so much.
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