03-26-2006, 07:47 PM
First of all, Adobe is no Quark, they have the resources to pull it off.
Second, If you have to buy now then it DOES matter, just because YOU don't need it doesn't make it a big deal.
My work is buying laptops NOW and we have to deal with CS2 running on Rosetta. No way are we going to tell them to buy the G4 to get dead ended in a year. They will not be buying after this for another 2-3 years for laptops so we need to make the best long term solution NOW.
The version of Photoshop 7 for 9/OSX transition came out within 6 months after OSX not a year.
chas_m Wrote:
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> I really don't see why this is a big deal to
> ANYBODY.
>
> The entire Adobe suite RUNS on Intel -- just a bit
> more slowly than it did on the G4/G5? Is that a
> problem? Then hold on to your G4/G5 for a little
> while.
>
> The kinds of people who run Adobe products are
> professionals using said products to EARN A
> LIVING. They already have G5s loaded with tons of
> RAM (which Rosetta seems to need even more than
> the OS), so their experience on a G5 is going to
> be great, and on an Intel it might fall to "quite
> good."
>
> Given that tower Macs will be the LAST to receive
> the Intel update, I really don't see what the fuss
> is about.
>
> Far more important is now knowing roughly WHEN CS3
> IS COMING OUT. This allows people to make plans,
> something they couldn't do when the release was
> totally unknown.
>
> The Adobe problem is a minor inconvenience, not a
> major debacle. For major debacles, anybody here
> remember how many YEARS it took Quark to get its
> act together for OS X??
>
> chas_m
>
>
> "I, for one, welcome our new Intel Overlords!"
Second, If you have to buy now then it DOES matter, just because YOU don't need it doesn't make it a big deal.
My work is buying laptops NOW and we have to deal with CS2 running on Rosetta. No way are we going to tell them to buy the G4 to get dead ended in a year. They will not be buying after this for another 2-3 years for laptops so we need to make the best long term solution NOW.
The version of Photoshop 7 for 9/OSX transition came out within 6 months after OSX not a year.
chas_m Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I really don't see why this is a big deal to
> ANYBODY.
>
> The entire Adobe suite RUNS on Intel -- just a bit
> more slowly than it did on the G4/G5? Is that a
> problem? Then hold on to your G4/G5 for a little
> while.
>
> The kinds of people who run Adobe products are
> professionals using said products to EARN A
> LIVING. They already have G5s loaded with tons of
> RAM (which Rosetta seems to need even more than
> the OS), so their experience on a G5 is going to
> be great, and on an Intel it might fall to "quite
> good."
>
> Given that tower Macs will be the LAST to receive
> the Intel update, I really don't see what the fuss
> is about.
>
> Far more important is now knowing roughly WHEN CS3
> IS COMING OUT. This allows people to make plans,
> something they couldn't do when the release was
> totally unknown.
>
> The Adobe problem is a minor inconvenience, not a
> major debacle. For major debacles, anybody here
> remember how many YEARS it took Quark to get its
> act together for OS X??
>
> chas_m
>
>
> "I, for one, welcome our new Intel Overlords!"