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Think Perspective You might be like me. You have a PCI PowerMac, just not the right one. At least Steve and Avie say not the right one. And you're mad as hell and you're not gonna take it anymore. Well…let it go. I have, and so should you. And before you try to tell me I'm wrong, just think about WHY you have the wrong Mac for Mac OS X (server or desktop).
In 1984, Apple introduced Macintosh. And the world saw why 1984 won't be like 1984. Well, ok, we didn't see that. But computing was changed forever by the Macintosh. Apple brought the power and elegance of a graphical user interface to the computer industry forever changing it. Apple, with just a little help from XEROX-PARC, thought differently, and changed personal computing forever. (No, the Lisa doesn't count!) Years later, worried by technical limitations of the 68k architecture, and fear that Motorola might not continue to produce for Apple, an internal search began for a new processor to be the heart and soul of the Macintosh. After a long search, Apple, IBM, and Motorola formed the AIM alliance, and PowerPC was born. (It's actually a long, long story. If you're interested, try Steven Somogyi's "The PowerPC Macintosh." Great book.) To complement the new processor and it's amazing power, Apple introduced a number of new technology into the Power Macintosh line of computers:
All facets of a greater OS and a greater computer. All now taken for granted. In the years following, Apple introduced more hardware advances:
And now we all take these for granted. Granted, that the novelty has worn off doesn't necessarily mean that everyone is happy with the advancements in Apple hardware. Many of these advancements cause considerable "legacy" problems. You can't put a NuBus card into a PCI slot. More and more computers slip into the "unsupported" category for new releases of software and OS updates. But these problems work themselves out. NuBus chassis are made to allow use of these old cards in these newer computers. People upgrade their computers. They upgrade their components, and their software. The announcement that only current G3 (and beyond) PowerMacs will be supported for MacOS X is just another step in the process. It's not about milking a monopoly. (cite article) It's about requiring the hardware that will allow the hardware-software combination to succeed, since the COMBINATION will determine Apple's future lacking licensing agreements. Yes, it is incredibly annoying that your computer might now be able to run the next-generation operating system(s) from Apple. Yes, it means you have to drop a little money on a new computer. And yes, it should scare you that you will have to make a rather large capital investment to use an operating system that isn't even ALPHA right now. But with G3's so cheap right now, that argument doesn't hold true. If you don't want to buy it now for an OS that won't come out for well over a year, then buy it for yourself. It'll run your applications and system software faster NOW with the MacOS system software you're using already. And in the meantime, Apple can commit it's resources to create the best OS it can with a set of hardware that is manageable and powerful. And that's all we want anyway. Right? |
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