03-25-2017, 11:09 PM
(03-25-2017, 05:06 PM)Coastie link Wrote: [quote author=bitsnpcs link=topic=4008.msg30335#msg30335 date=1490458259]
... Converting anyone from Apple products is a desirable trait IMO, they are one of the most exploitative corporations out there.
I came from Apple when they stopped supporting Power PC iMac's. I could have afforded to bought a new Apple computer but they made me mad >
and I don't trust Apple to not do it again.[/quote]
Yeah, Apple alienated me too by cutting me off from more and more of my large library of Mac software, especially games. First was ending the possibility of booting into OS9, leaving me with the clunky and awful Classic environment. Second was cutting Classic altogether, ending any chance of running my OS9 apps. Although the transition to Intel was handled very well, with Rosetta, they then unnecessarily cut off access to PowerPC-era OSX apps by ending support for Rosetta. This was the final straw - there was no good reason for that. Rosetta obviously would be less and less of a drain on system resources as the Intel chips became more and more powerful and Macs came with more and more RAM. It was incredibly galling to end up being able to run ONLY the DOS or Windows versions of my old games and apps via Boxer or Crossover, and being TOTALLY unable to run my older Mac titles, on a Mac, after I had waited longer for the Mac versions, paid more, and in general made many sacrifices to support the Mac platform. With that, I left.