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It wasn't a surprise to anyone paying attention; NeXTSTEP had run on 68K/x86/Sparc/PA-RISC. Removing architecture support would have been remarkable. What's im

by kps 6y ago

It wasn't a surprise to anyone paying attention; NeXTSTEP had run on 68K/x86/Sparc/PA-RISC. Removing architecture support would have been remarkable. What's important, for those paying attention, is that Apple promoted PowerPC emulation with the first x86 Macs in OS X 10.4 and then removed it after 10.6. If you think Apple won't screw you again, well, go ahead, it's your money. [Dis]claimer: I have no long or short in AAPL. Anyone posting or voting in this thread should similarly disclose.

dhosek 6y ago
The first Intel Macs were shipped in January 2006. Rosetta was dropped with the release of 10.7 in July 2011. Five years' support for a discontinued architecture seems rather generous.
jimbokun 6y ago
There was almost 10 years between 10.0 and 10.7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releases So if you're worried about not being able to run your Intel Mac OS X software in 2030, yeah, you should probably avoid these new ARM Macs.
- kps 6y ago
  (1) OS X 10.0 through 10.3 were released for PowerPC only. Apple first supported x86 in 10.4 and last supported PPC in 10.6. (2) It's not 2030. If you're reading this is 2030, HN won't let you reply. That's a separate but related problem. (3) Time passed, so fuck you is not a customer-centered philosophy. Time passed, so I'm going to remove already shipped capabilities is a customer centered philosophy in the sense that it's centered on fucking the customer. (4) I have an Apple IIe and a MacPro3,1 and a whole bunch in between: fool me once, shame on you; fool me fifteen times, shame on me. [Dis]claimer: I have no long or short in AAPL. Anyone posting or voting in this thread should similarly disclose.
AlexandrB 6y ago
> [Dis]claimer: I have no long or short in AAPL. Anyone posting or voting in this thread should similarly disclose. It’s extremely weird to me to assume that an opinion someone posts in an online message board will be heavily influenced by their stock portfolio.
- kps 6y ago
  I still think that comments here, which require some minimal creative effort and are attached to identifiable user names, are usually somewhat legitimate, and more likely to be from fanbois than financiers. Voting to amplify or silence perspectives, on the other hand, entirely lacks accountability. (I'm curently taking bids on an HN account with 4575 interweb points.)
- notafraudster 6y ago
  It seems to me that the reverse is more likely at the scale of most people on HN: people emotionally invested in a brand use disposable income to buy shares of the brand (or, the reverse).
- Shorel 6y ago
  It's the other way around, some opinions are intended to influence their stock portfolio value.

by kps 6y ago

dhosek 6y ago

The first Intel Macs were shipped in January 2006. Rosetta was dropped with the release of 10.7 in July 2011. Five years' support for a discontinued architecture seems rather generous.

jimbokun 6y ago

There was almost 10 years between 10.0 and 10.7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history#Releases So if you're worried about not being able to run your Intel Mac OS X software in 2030, yeah, you should probably avoid these new ARM Macs.

kps 6y ago
(1) OS X 10.0 through 10.3 were released for PowerPC only. Apple first supported x86 in 10.4 and last supported PPC in 10.6. (2) It's not 2030. If you're reading this is 2030, HN won't let you reply. That's a separate but related problem. (3) Time passed, so fuck you is not a customer-centered philosophy. Time passed, so I'm going to remove already shipped capabilities is a customer centered philosophy in the sense that it's centered on fucking the customer. (4) I have an Apple IIe and a MacPro3,1 and a whole bunch in between: fool me once, shame on you; fool me fifteen times, shame on me. [Dis]claimer: I have no long or short in AAPL. Anyone posting or voting in this thread should similarly disclose.

AlexandrB 6y ago

> [Dis]claimer: I have no long or short in AAPL. Anyone posting or voting in this thread should similarly disclose. It’s extremely weird to me to assume that an opinion someone posts in an online message board will be heavily influenced by their stock portfolio.

kps 6y ago
I still think that comments here, which require some minimal creative effort and are attached to identifiable user names, are usually somewhat legitimate, and more likely to be from fanbois than financiers. Voting to amplify or silence perspectives, on the other hand, entirely lacks accountability. (I'm curently taking bids on an HN account with 4575 interweb points.)
notafraudster 6y ago
It seems to me that the reverse is more likely at the scale of most people on HN: people emotionally invested in a brand use disposable income to buy shares of the brand (or, the reverse).
Shorel 6y ago
It's the other way around, some opinions are intended to influence their stock portfolio value.