Comments on: Switching to Intel means the end of Classic. http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:12:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Eric Baldwin http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2241 Eric Baldwin Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:25:21 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2241 It is the height of arrogance to shut down all access to OS 9 applications under Leopard. I have upgraded many apps 'til I'm blue in the face. My bread and butter apps (Illustrator, Photoshop, Word) are certainly ready for Leopard and I've paid those fees. But I have thousands of dollars worth of smaller applications and games that I cannot upgrade because they are either not supported or their companies are gone. I bought these apps because I wanted to use them. Tiger let me do that. I won't be moving to Leopard until someone makes a Classic emulator that runs under it (and I'll bet I'm not alone). It is the height of arrogance to shut down all access to OS 9 applications under Leopard. I have upgraded many apps ’til I’m blue in the face. My bread and butter apps (Illustrator, Photoshop, Word) are certainly ready for Leopard and I’ve paid those fees. But I have thousands of dollars worth of smaller applications and games that I cannot upgrade because they are either not supported or their companies are gone. I bought these apps because I wanted to use them. Tiger let me do that. I won’t be moving to Leopard until someone makes a Classic emulator that runs under it (and I’ll bet I’m not alone).

]]> By: Tonio Loewald http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2240 Tonio Loewald Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:20:51 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2240 Rosetta can run Classic even if it doesn't run apps designed for Classic. No big deal. Worst case, PearPC will run under OSX for x86, and you run run Classic under it. Anything written specifically for altivec is likely to get updated, and Apple has published a handy guide showing how to translate altivec code to SSE where necessary. Rosetta can run Classic even if it doesn’t run apps designed for Classic. No big deal.

Worst case, PearPC will run under OSX for x86, and you run run Classic under it.

Anything written specifically for altivec is likely to get updated, and Apple has published a handy guide showing how to translate altivec code to SSE where necessary.

]]> By: Weili Wang http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2239 Weili Wang Tue, 07 Jun 2005 18:40:35 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2239 I personally haven't used Classic since 10.1 and that is about 4 years ago. Seriously though, how many users still use Classic today? Those who still use Classic are unlikely to upgrade to new hardware anyway. Did anyone actually thought that Classic was going to be around forever? I personally haven’t used Classic since 10.1 and that is about 4 years ago. Seriously though, how many users still use Classic today? Those who still use Classic are unlikely to upgrade to new hardware anyway. Did anyone actually thought that Classic was going to be around forever?

]]> By: Rich Trouton http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2238 Rich Trouton Tue, 07 Jun 2005 17:27:47 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2238 David, Essentially what that section means is that Altivec-specific support isn't available on Intel. Intel instead uses SSE. This is something Apple talked about yesterday during the Mac OS X State of the Union session yesterday. This hits a lot fewer apps than you might think. Most apps don't tap into the extra power that Altivec offers because they don't need to, so we're mainly looking at high-demand applications like Avid Media Composer, Apple's Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop and the like. The applications that do need this support will need to be fixed to include SSE support as well. David,

Essentially what that section means is that Altivec-specific support isn’t available on Intel. Intel instead uses SSE. This is something Apple talked about yesterday during the Mac OS X State of the Union session yesterday. This hits a lot fewer apps than you might think. Most apps don’t tap into the extra power that Altivec offers because they don’t need to, so we’re mainly looking at high-demand applications like Avid Media Composer, Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop and the like. The applications that do need this support will need to be fixed to include SSE support as well.

]]> By: David Appleyard http://theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2237 David Appleyard Tue, 07 Jun 2005 16:41:22 +0000 http://www.theappleblog.com/2005/06/07/switching-to-intel-means-the-end-of-classic/#comment-2237 "Applications that require a G4 or G5 processor" Surely the point of Rosetta is to emulate programs which are built for these processors... how is that not the case? “Applications that require a G4 or G5 processor”

Surely the point of Rosetta is to emulate programs which are built for these processors… how is that not the case?

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