Mac UB standalones and OS versions

[Jeff Reynolds]

#$@%#^$ we just sent our cd out for replication, im trying to put a  
stop on it if possible. 10.1 and 10.2 ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL IN THE  
SCHOOLS! This is a big problem for our product. We tested 10.3, and  
10.4 on ppc and intel, but not 10.2 on ppc. I can still create a  
10.1-10.2 from 2.6.1 like i do for classic or i guess go back to  
2.8.0 to try the universal build, but we are screwed if the disc has  
already been replicated...

the major jumps in OSX still cost the schools $$ which they dont  
always have and some are very old imacs that dont upgrade to the  
newer systems w/o additional memory and sometimes hard drive space  
(read more $$$$ and tech support). many schools just keep the  
computers at the os they were shipped with, some dont even do the  
free automatic updates! Yes you will say this is not right, but its  
what you just have to deal with when working in the education market,  
like it or not. just a fact of life you cant change. We have found  
that a lot of home computers that have been handed down to the kids  
for their home education machine are in a similar situation. frozen  
at the os when handed down and no additional upgrades until they buy  
a whole new computer.

has anyone else tried the 2.8.1 ub builds on 10.2?

i can get our app on a 10.2 system later on monday for a test. this  
is going to hurt if it has to be redone as we will have to do another  
golden master testing round and delay replication a week, ouch...

thanks

Jeffrey Reynolds


On Jun 3, 2007, at 1:00 PM, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com  
wrote:

> Now this is something I think we need to worry about less than having
> a "Classic" potential; since most people who have OSX are going to be
> moving up to the latest due to the ease with  which Apple makes
> updating the OS. Or am I in the minority when I get automatic updates
> from Apple on just about everything whenever there is new software?
> I'd be willing to bet that there are many, many fewer using OSX 2.8
> than are using OS9.2.
>
> Joe Wilkins