Snow Leopard + Power PC???

PeteMenace wrote:
So Microsoft aren't forcing people to upgrade their hardware at all.

Maybe not, but it certainly recommends it for anyone not already running Vista. (Source: Can my PC run Windows 7?.) Then there is this little detail, also from that page:

"While we don't recommend it, you can opt to upgrade your current PC from Windows XP or another operating system to Windows 7. We recommend that you get help with this process from your local computer service provider. You'll need to back up your current files and settings, perform a custom (clean) installation, and then reinstall your files, settings, and programs."

And all that for the low, low upgrade price of $129 and up, depending on which features you want supported. And if you think you might need to run Windows XP mode for backwards compatibility, plan on spending at least $200 for the OS & possibly a lot more for new hardware. From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx we learn:

"Although OEMs have been shipping hardware virtualization in PCs for three years, hardware virtualization is not available in all PCs — so even if your PC is new, it may not have hardware virtualization."

So, not being blind, the supposed PC strength of hardware longevity looks pretty weak to me.

Message was edited by: R C-R

I think either way if you are PC/Windows user or a Mac user it's all the same, I cannot speak on Microsoft these days because I haven't been a PC user in the last 10 years. But what I do remember was the fact that physically my old PC could not keep up with new emerging games and software as the years went on, as with all technology and yes even Apple. I wasn't implying at all that we are being forced to upgrade are machines I was commenting on the fact that technology becomes out of date whether we like it or not and if you use a computer for anything more than casual use chances are you will need to upgrade your machine after a few years anyway. I highly doubt a software upgrade to my old PC would have let me run Adobe CS4 or play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with any sort of finesse. Technology becomes out of date and eventually we all have to upgrade, MS also doesn't manufacture their own computers, all they care is that you buy a copy of the latest software, regardless if it will degrades the performance of your already out dated machine or not. At least Apple has decided to be cut and dry with the SL cutoff, had they added PPC support this forum would be filled with messages from users experiencing problems with SL on a PPC. I'm not sure where you got the idea I'm 'blind' to the strengths of the PC. I'm not here to debate, I was simply stating technology evolves so rapidly these days that the only way to stay current is to eventually upgrade your machine every few years regardless of OS PC or Mac.

R C-R wrote:
"So, not being blind, the supposed PC strength of hardware longevity looks pretty weak to me."

Tell that to my family members who are using PCs they've owned for a long time.

Reading numerous posts within this forum would also suggest other Mac users would also disagree with you.

Matthew Trageser wrote:
You can keep your system running as long as you like. I have found that over time your system will not be able to handle the newer apps and the lack of speed and memory will keep you bogged you down and your current machine will become very slow trying to processes the larger programs.

Anyways here is a list of my still working paperweights, for the older programs and floppy disks I still get from time to time.

G4 APG *400 MHz* Nov 1999 -June 2009
(Upgraded June 2003 CPU *1.0 GHz* (1,000 MHz)) G4 AGP/Powerlogix 1.0Ghz
2GB RAM,
optical drive DVR106 and again to DVR112D,
video Radeon 9800Pro Mac Edetion
PCI Cards; Tempo SATA w/2ea HD 300GB, to get over the 128GB limit on the IDE HD drive
SCSI Card,
USB 2.1 Card 4ports and one internal port
removed Zip 100 drive and replaced with front 3.5" hub with four USB 2.0 (via PCI card) and two Firewire (400) ports (via 3rd FW port on motherboard)
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Quada 605 *25 MHz* (replaced Motherboard in LC II ) June 1996-Nov 1999  LC II *16 MHz* April 1992- Nov 1999
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Mac 512e *8 MHz* April 1986-April 1992 w/ a 10MB external HD and a 400KB drives and a 800 Kb drive, ( it could read both sides of the floppy )
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OS systems I have owned>
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2, 3, 4, 5, (Never used 6) 7, (Never used 8), 9, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 & soon 10.6
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I also have a Mac Plus (1Mhz), given to me. which I use as a door stop.

Message was edited by: Matthew Trageser

The 1MHz Mac Plus is incorrect. The only Apple computer that used a 1MHz CPU was the MOS 6502 CPU in the Apple I and Apple ][ series computers. (Apple III had a 2 MHz 6502A)

Mac Plus increased the memory by eight-fold to 1MB (up from 128K, "Thin Mac"). ALL Macs were 8 MHz for nearly 5 YEARS! This changed with the 16 MHz SE/30 with the 68030 CPU. All Macs with the '030 upgrade had an "x" appended to their name except the SE/30, probably because Apple didn't want to name it the "Mac SEx". The SE/30 was a awesome upgrade in 1989. The Mac IIfx changed things 14 months later in 1990 though, my favorite upgrade ever.

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