Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Dec 2007 10:13 UTC, submitted by meianoite
Straight from the ADC site (a free online account is enough to gain access to the download): "Java SE 6 Developer Preview 8 is an implementation of Sun's Java SE 6 for Mac OS X v10.5.1 and later. This Preview includes Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_01. This Developer Preview does not change the default version of Java. This release is only for Mac OS X v10.5.1 and later, and should not be installed on earlier versions of Mac OS X. This release is for 64-bit Intel-based Macs only and cannot run on PowerPC-based or 32-bit Intel-based Macs."
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RE: Shut up, rent a brain ...
by MacTO on Thu 20th Dec 2007 19:21
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Member since:2006-09-21
No, wait, don't tell me! You just happen to have an unused, fully licensed copy of Windows XP on your desk that magically landed there wihout you ever paying anything for it. Cool, Santa must be early this year I guess.
Well, I do have a fully licensed and otherwise unused copy of Windows XP Professional SP2. It cost a touch less than a fully licensed copy of Mac OS X 10.5 (I qualify for academic licenses). I had it since the days of Mac OS X 10.3. It's taking me that long to come out from Apple's RDF, but actions like this help wonderfully.
You, sir, are full of it.
You may try understanding other people's opinions, rather than degrading them for it. Note: understanding doesn't mean that you have to agree with them.
RE[2]: Shut up, rent a brain ...
by Sabon on Thu 20th Dec 2007 20:53
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Member since:2005-07-06
Well, I do have a fully licensed and otherwise unused copy of Windows XP Professional SP2. It cost a touch less than a fully licensed copy of Mac OS X 10.5 (I qualify for academic licenses).
I'm assuming (probably incorrectly] that you are comparing the academic license for Windows vs the academic license for Leopard? Ooops ... NOT!
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"My Mini won't run this, because I have a 32-bit Intel processor."
It's a _developer_ preview. Are you a serious Java developer? NO? Right, didn't think so. Expect a full release that supports 32-bit x86 and PPC once the bugs have been ironed out.
"My Mini won't run this, because I haven not paid the Apple tax for Leopard.
Oh wait, my Mini will run Java 6. All I have to do is install Windows XP first. Hey, Sun even lets you run Java 6 on Windows 2000."
Of course, but that would require you to pay the Microsoft tax...oh, wait that'll cost you way more than $129. And that's for an OS from 2001. Yes, off you go, buy Windows XP. Unless you intend to pirate it that is.
No, wait, don't tell me! You just happen to have an unused, fully licensed copy of Windows XP on your desk that magically landed there wihout you ever paying anything for it. Cool, Santa must be early this year I guess.
"In a sense, Java 6 doesn't matter to me. I don't need it. But it does matter to me psychologically: it is yet another example of how Apple tries to bleed their customers dry, even if their customers own products that are a few months old."
You, sir, are full of it.