a brody: Some comments on your article: Classic, Rosetta, and 32/64 bit revisited
At the end of Paragraph 3, it ends abruptly with the words: "For more on..."
I believe that you give too short shrift to the concept of running Snow Leopard with Rosetta in virtualization as an alternative to those who:
1. Have PowerPC apps that they are unable, or unwilling to upgrade or find alternatives; and
2. Have a Mac that requires Lion or Mt. Lion to boot.
Your only suggestion is for them to find a used Mac with original install discs. This is just not a reasonable alternative for most people, and in effect, you are telling them: Tough Luck!
I do not know why you consider running virtualized Snow Leopard as something you would not depend on. If there is no other choice, why not depend on it. At a minimum it buys the user some valueably needed time to continue to run their PowerPC apps until some other option comes forward.
As the principal proponent of virtualizing Snow Leopard, my thread, Installing Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallelhas many positive comments from satisfied users of this approach; most of which are very grateful for some alternative to the bleak alternatives available to them.
The point of your well written piece is to provide all of the alternatives; you should not leave out one of the most important ones for this limited number of users.
Thank you for your consideration.
