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feldon34 · 06-09-2001, 10:46 PM

An important point is that Windows 2000 runs, largely unchaged, most software written since 1995.

Mac OS X once again requires developers to rewrite large portions of their software and recompile. This is the 2nd such time Mac developers have had to overhaul their software just to keep it running at the same level/degree of compatibility in 6 years. (The last time was PowerPC)

So I could install Mac OS X right now, but EVERY application I run would run in the Mac OS 9 compatibility layer. The only improvement would be file sharing and not having to hard-reboot if the Mac OS 9 part locks up. Not worth it yet. Lemme know when Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark are ported to Mac OS X codebase.

06-09-2001, 10:46 PM	#11
feldon34 Forum Administrator Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 10,938	Re: Mac OS X An important point is that Windows 2000 runs, largely unchaged, most software written since 1995. Mac OS X once again requires developers to rewrite large portions of their software and recompile. This is the 2nd such time Mac developers have had to overhaul their software just to keep it running at the same level/degree of compatibility in 6 years. (The last time was PowerPC) So I could install Mac OS X right now, but EVERY application I run would run in the Mac OS 9 compatibility layer. The only improvement would be file sharing and not having to hard-reboot if the Mac OS 9 part locks up. Not worth it yet. Lemme know when Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark are ported to Mac OS X codebase. "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations." - George Orwell "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." - Emma Goldman