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Backwards compatibility refers to newer software/hardware not supporting older software/hardware. For example, Apple axed the rosetta powerpc support (which al
by niggler 14y ago
Backwards compatibility refers to newer software/hardware not supporting older software/hardware. For example, Apple axed the rosetta powerpc support (which allowed you to run older software after apple switched to intel CPUs) in Leopard. I still keep a PowerBook G4 just for MacDraw.
- lloeki 14y agoRosetta is optional but supported on Snow Leopard, and gets downloaded automatically on demand. Seven years of transition (assuming SL stopped to be supported when ML was released) to Intel was more than enough for active software to be ported. You just can't carry legacy code indefinitely, you have to stay focused or you'll be all over the place and suffer death by a thousand cuts.
- gurkendoktor 14y agoI intuitively agree as a programmer, but in practise, the focused 10.7/10.8 line has been pretty buggy compared to the legacy-happy 10.6; and the legacy-happy Windows 7 was a smash hit compared to the focused Windows RT. Of course, it might be even worse with Rosetta added to the mix... I've also given away my Mid-09 MBP because 10.7 Safari was terrible without an SSD ("blank page" bug) :(
- yuhong 14y ago>(assuming SL stopped to be supported when ML was released) Which they backed off from. You can probably thank Flashback for that.