Its all about economics. If you want to achieve *blah* webpage design, and know that x% of your users are on browser Y, and X% is acceptable market penetration - then guess what browsers do/don't get supported.
If there are web developers/tools out there to meet the desired penetration for browser X without needing to bother on ensuring cross platform support, expect browser X to be targeted.
I'm sure the LAST thing on a corporations mind when launching a new site is "oh, oh, we need to cater to the 0.2% of lynx users!".
They're far more interested in making the site more functional, shinier, etc. And in our shiny things society, rightly so.
29 bucks too much for you? If it was Microsoft, you'd be paying 300 bucks every 5 years. OS X, 30-50 bucks every 2-3 years, and the OS is actually faster. No brainer...
Got news for you: software generally has no warranty. Your applecare warranty probably (i didn't bother getting the extended warranty) only covers HARDWARE.
KDE = broken in so far as they dropped all the decent apps, and UI in 4.x, every version of 4.x i've run has been an unstable pile of shit.
If you care about software backwards compatibility (which seems to be your whole incentive to go to Linux on a PPC machine???) then KDE is not for you.
They lost the plot with 4.x.
I'll leave the semantics of a PDF based display subsystem to you - I was actually just referring to some developer documentation before hitting slashdot (getting starting with graphics on the mac) where it was mentioned in the quartz documentation...
I wouldn't go proclaiming XP numbers out there to be justification for not dropping some other OS. Just because windows users are largely brain damaged, it doesn't mean OS X users have to be as well.
Its HIGH TIME people moved off XP as well. Any half decent hardware that was purchased in 2004 will run Vista/7 just fine, and XP is just a basket-case of an OS these days with a variety of broken policy settings (can't give people ability to manage power settings without local admin?? haha) and limited remote management (go check out powershell 2.0 and some of the new management tools).
You can compile for older operating systems in xcode by toggling a switch. Hopefully the GCC bullshit will be laid to rest when CLANG is integrated into 10.7 or whatever.
KDE may be plasma based on QT with an OO toolkit, but its broken and does not work properly.
As far as display PDF goes... look it up. I'm not talking about the ability to display PDFs. I'm talking about device independent rendering that looks the same on any device.
OS X is actually actively developed. Look, its FIREFOX making this decision, because coding for 10.4 is a bitch when there are plenty of shiny new more easily maintained APIs available in 10.5 and later.
Garbage collection, fast enumeration, properties, Coretext, etc. The ui might look the same between os x versions, but coding for 10.5 vs 10.4 or earlier is significantly different and less painful.
Compared to the cost of a copy of Windows Vista or 7, which for an equivalent runs around 300 bucks.
Sounds about right. If you don't want to pay for operating systems, then why the fuck buy a mac in the first place? Running Linux or BSD is cheaper on a cheap pc clone.
More modern software.... Except for... you know... the GUI, the object orientation, the plug and play, display PDF, etc. Basically everything that makes the mac nicer to use than some shitbox clone running ubuntu.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a free unix fan, but if you've got OS X, as far as usability and "getting shit done" goes, linux or any of the other Free unices is a step backwards.
Objective C 2.0 with garbage collection for one... accelerated Quartz for another...
Tiger is pretty old - 2005 vintage. 5 years old in hardware terms is ancient. If you're still on a PowerPC macintosh, and are expecting continued hardware support, its time to wake up and smell the roses - a mac mini will be much faster than your current box.
If you're on an intel mac, the upgrade is cheap and worth it.
I reckon the idea has potential if its a subscription based service. I.e., pay $foo/month and get access to anything in the library on demand. Things like service manuals really have potential if they end up in an augmented reality format.... which would only probably be 10 years off being consumer-level stuff at a guess.
Hopefully Acer or Asus will come up with a similar Linux or even Windows tablet.
That the general public will duly ignore because it isn't as shiny, isn't as stylish, doesn't support the app store, and needs a lot more rooting around with to actually use (oh, this book is only available in FOO format, and my current machine only supports BAR).
The other market for the ipad (in future) is to control anything your mac does via remote control software. The apple remote on iphone already does this for itunes, give it a few years and expect the airport/airport express to have a video port on it, and the list if supported applications/devices to grow.
I see a pretty huge potential there for a smart-wired home to use the ipad or something of its ilk as a universal remote for everything in the house.
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If there are web developers/tools out there to meet the desired penetration for browser X without needing to bother on ensuring cross platform support, expect browser X to be targeted.
I'm sure the LAST thing on a corporations mind when launching a new site is "oh, oh, we need to cater to the 0.2% of lynx users!".
They're far more interested in making the site more functional, shinier, etc. And in our shiny things society, rightly so.
You could also nail your balls to your desk - it doesn't mean its a good idea.
29 bucks too much for you? If it was Microsoft, you'd be paying 300 bucks every 5 years. OS X, 30-50 bucks every 2-3 years, and the OS is actually faster. No brainer...
According to mozilla's stats, OS X users who have bothered to upgrade their firefox to 3.6 are only composed of 12% 10.4 users.
not all os x updates are foreground only, and not all require a restart, either.
If you can't reinstall OS X, you're likely unable to locate, download and install firefox...
Got news for you: software generally has no warranty. Your applecare warranty probably (i didn't bother getting the extended warranty) only covers HARDWARE.
If you care about software backwards compatibility (which seems to be your whole incentive to go to Linux on a PPC machine???) then KDE is not for you.
They lost the plot with 4.x.
I'll leave the semantics of a PDF based display subsystem to you - I was actually just referring to some developer documentation before hitting slashdot (getting starting with graphics on the mac) where it was mentioned in the quartz documentation...
Usage stats for mozilla 3.6 show approximately 12% of mac users running 10.4.
Its HIGH TIME people moved off XP as well. Any half decent hardware that was purchased in 2004 will run Vista/7 just fine, and XP is just a basket-case of an OS these days with a variety of broken policy settings (can't give people ability to manage power settings without local admin?? haha) and limited remote management (go check out powershell 2.0 and some of the new management tools).
into [random other app], on linux i meant (wrong brackets = no text... sigh)
OK, drag a picture out of Mozilla and into and tell me what happens.
You can compile for older operating systems in xcode by toggling a switch. Hopefully the GCC bullshit will be laid to rest when CLANG is integrated into 10.7 or whatever.
As far as display PDF goes... look it up. I'm not talking about the ability to display PDFs. I'm talking about device independent rendering that looks the same on any device.
Apple have a bit more motivation than Mozilla... you know... OS X 10.4 being a product they sold and all.
Garbage collection, fast enumeration, properties, Coretext, etc. The ui might look the same between os x versions, but coding for 10.5 vs 10.4 or earlier is significantly different and less painful.
Or they could... you know... run safari... or opera...
Sounds about right. If you don't want to pay for operating systems, then why the fuck buy a mac in the first place? Running Linux or BSD is cheaper on a cheap pc clone.
New and better APIs that make coding easier and less bug prone.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a free unix fan, but if you've got OS X, as far as usability and "getting shit done" goes, linux or any of the other Free unices is a step backwards.
Tiger is pretty old - 2005 vintage. 5 years old in hardware terms is ancient. If you're still on a PowerPC macintosh, and are expecting continued hardware support, its time to wake up and smell the roses - a mac mini will be much faster than your current box.
If you're on an intel mac, the upgrade is cheap and worth it.
I reckon the idea has potential if its a subscription based service. I.e., pay $foo/month and get access to anything in the library on demand. Things like service manuals really have potential if they end up in an augmented reality format.... which would only probably be 10 years off being consumer-level stuff at a guess.
If all you read is crap posted on the internet, you're missing out on a huge amount of (well written) entertainment.
That the general public will duly ignore because it isn't as shiny, isn't as stylish, doesn't support the app store, and needs a lot more rooting around with to actually use (oh, this book is only available in FOO format, and my current machine only supports BAR).
The other market for the ipad (in future) is to control anything your mac does via remote control software. The apple remote on iphone already does this for itunes, give it a few years and expect the airport/airport express to have a video port on it, and the list if supported applications/devices to grow.
I see a pretty huge potential there for a smart-wired home to use the ipad or something of its ilk as a universal remote for everything in the house.
So you're running debian unstable? Otherwise you're going to be relying on some ancient version of Firefox...