Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Jun 2008 18:58 UTC
The original rumours concerning Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard stated that it would be available only for 64bit Intel processors, leaving PowerPC G4, G5, and early Intel Macs out in the blue. While Steve Jobs' keynote and the preview pages at Apple.com did not speak of any hardware cut-offs, Gizmodo got their hands on a hardware requirements document for the Developer Preview release of Snow Leopard, and it contains bad news for PowerPC users.
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Member since:2007-07-27
first of all the last ppc was sold less than 2 years ago. i understand apple can not support hardware forever, but it should at least support expensive hardware like this for 5 years or so.
they will. one more year till snow leopard and two more until the next version of osx, at which time support for leopard will stop. that's five years since the last ppc-mac was sold..
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2007-04-29
i have a dual g5, and i'll be really pissed if they drop ppc.
first of all the last ppc was sold less than 2 years ago. i understand apple can not support hardware forever, but it should at least support expensive hardware like this for 5 years or so.
there is no real technical reason to drop it. it might shrink the installation dvd a little, but that's about it. ppc is not holding back any innovations.
if you are a software/hardware developer, please make a support plan like sun has. the versions of solaris have a clear roadmap and lifespan. there is no sudden eol with solaris. freebsd and ubuntu do this too btw. if apple is serious about conquering the business market, the must have a proper support plan and roadmap.
well, let's wait and see, it's not like apple have never surprised us.