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Well, standardizing or documenting the hardware ? Making the boot loader unlockable ? In other worlds, doing what PCs managed to do during more than three deca
by pjerem 4y ago
Well, standardizing or documenting the hardware ? Making the boot loader unlockable ?
In other worlds, doing what PCs managed to do during more than three decades ?
I don’t care that Apple stops to support my iPad after X years. We can’t blame them for stopping to support old enough hardware.
But we can blame them for making this hardware locked in such a way that you cannot run what you want on a device you fully own and that they unilaterally decided isn’t worth using anymore.
- scarface74 4y agoYou’re using a PC from 1992?
- layer8 4y agoSome people do.
- scarface74 4y agoI seriously doubt it.
- crazygringo 4y agoWith a 486 processor? I don't think so. The only way they're using it is the same way they're using a Commodore 64, as an antique.
- layer8 4y agoYes, they use it for retro gaming, and people write new software like web browsers for the C64. It would be nice to be able to repurpose old tablets in a similar fashion.
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- ihatepython 4y agoI do. A 486 running Windows 3.1 with Cubase 1.0 exclusively for MIDI running in Standard Mode is far superior to any modern machine with respect to timing. Also, MIDI software hasn't evolved that much over the past couple decades. Perhaps it even rivals an Atari ST
- scarface74 4y agoHow is Cubase better on a 486 than a modern computer like most people use?
- ihatepython 4y agoTiming. Midi jitter and latency. DOS/Windows 3.1 is still good for timing sensitive applications. Nowadays MIDI interfaces are usually USB. But an ISA card or a parallel port will yield better results. On modern computers, MIDI generally feels slightly off, and not as musical, but for the most part 'good enough' for the vast majority.
- scarface74 4y agoAnd you’re running an outdated unsupported operating system. You could buy an old Mac that wasn’t supported to run a PPC version of Photoshop. But the oldest iPad from 2010 will still be able to get the “last supported version” of apps from the App Store, still works with old versions of iWork, streaming video apps, Spotify (at least it did a couple of years ago), you can send video from it to any device that supports AirPlay and print to any AirPrint printer.
- ihatepython 4y agoI don't understand the point you are making, but my point is that MIDI on old hardware works BETTER than on modern hardware. Whether or not the operating system is unsupported is irrelevant. The old hardware is not "outdated" in the sense that it WORKS BETTER. But to respond to your second point, I believe that Apple has REMOVED apps from the App Store that were previously available to download. For example, I was not able to download on my old iPhone 4 the latest working GarageBand for that device, because it was deleted. This is not the only app that I have not been able to download, because it was REMOVED FROM THE APP STORE. But I think the point you are missing is that if Apple decides that these devices are obsolete and they will not support them, they should be willing to at least release documentation that allows people to write/install whatever software they want on those devices.
- pjerem 4y agoNo. But you just distort what I am saying. I'm not using a PC from 1992 because I consider them to be too old, not because some company unilaterally decided that it's now to old and that it is now junk. My PC have parts from 2012 and is still working fine (I'm using Linux but tbh, even under windows, it works pretty well). Good luck running up to date apps on a 2012 iPad. My 2012 PC is up to date. Most 10 to 20 years old PCs can run some light (and up to date !) linux distrib and can serve many purposes ranging from lightweight terminals to educational material in third world countries. Heck, with the right software setup, most are still really decent office computers. We are not in the 90-2000s anymore where every year your new computer was vastly faster than the previous one. An out of date iPad is just electronic junk. Not because it is not fast (it's even as fast as when you bought it) but because it's not yours anymore.
- scarface74 4y agoWhat do you mean “good luck” doing so? You go to the App store and download the “last compatible version”. The last time I checked a couple of years ago, you could do that for Netflix, Spotify, Hulu, Crackle, all of Apple’s software and Google Drive.