Tag Archive | "PowerPC"
Quicken 2007 to become Lion compatible in Spring 2012
Ending a waiting game that went on for years, Intuit this week finally announced that they’ll soon be issuing an update to Quicken 2007 to make it compatible with OS X Lion. Now it’s not as if Quicken 2007 was wholly unavailable to Mac users over the past few years, but with Apple recently ending […]
Continue reading...Adobe strikes back! Adobe Flash Player 10.2 doesn’t support PowerPc based Macs
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Apple’s intransigence when it comes to Flash support on its line of iOS devices has already been discussed ad nauseum. Indeed, the tension between the two companies has, at times, gotten publicly heated – one minute Steve Jobs is writing an anti-Flash screed, the next minute Adobe execs are calling the iPhone a closed platform. […]
Continue reading...Adobe to halt PowerPc support in future CS software
Monday, August 17, 2009
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Adobe announced last week that future versions of its Creative Suite software (which includes programs such as Photoshop and Dreamweaver) will stop supporting Macs running on old PowerPc architechture. In a statement issued to consumers, Adobe noted: Customers are being notified to provide fair notice of any changes regarding the operating systems and hardware supported by Adobe solutions. […]
Continue reading...Why Apple moved from PowerPC to Intel chips – a different perspective
Thursday, June 18, 2009
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Earlier this week, CNET posted an interesting take detailing why Apple decided to abandon PowerPC in favor of Intel chips in 2005. While Steve Jobs publicly stated that the Intel’s roadmap was more in line with what Apple was looking for and where it wanted to go (i.e more efficient chips), CNET got a hold […]
Continue reading...iLife ’09 begins trend towards Intel only Macs
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
If you check out the fine print in iLife ’09, you’ll notice that ‘artist lessons’ in GarageBand will only work on Intel-based Macs. While some critics might cry foul, and argue that Apple is trying to force customers to upgrade so that they can get more money, the reality is probably closer to the fact […]
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Friday, December 23, 2011
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