[ANN] Release 9.6.2 RC-2

[kee nethery]

I look forward to the day I can transition to an ARM based Mac. Those puppies are amazingly fast and it’s unlikely Windows machines will be competitive at the same price point. But … I’ll be using my Mac Book Air for years to come, it’s only 6 years old.

Kee

> On Jan 12, 2021, at 2:47 PM, matthias rebbe via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> I am afraid i am at a crossroads now.
> Unfortunately prices for Mac hardware increased over the years. I will definitely not buy a M1 Mac.
> I will use my iMac as long as i get updates for macOS and will then switch back completely to Windows.
> Most of the software  i am using is available for macOS and Windows. Okay Ulysses is one of the programs i will be definitely missing when going back to Windows.
> But i am sure i will find an alternative. Maybe Obsidian, currently not as good as Ulysses, but i'll see.
> 
> -
> Matthias Rebbe
> 
>> Am 12.01.2021 um 23:29 schrieb Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>> 
>> I’ve no worries with LC. My concern is all the other apps I bought which the devs don’t port. <sigh>
>> 
>> Bob S
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jan 12, 2021, at 10:32 AM, chaplais via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have gone through this too . The most difficult was the change of OS. Also, Apple had not ported MPW to the PPC, which led to the success of Metrowerks  CodeWarrior.
>>> I stil have a compiler by them for BeOs on PPC.
>>> This does not really make me feel younger.
>>> Le 12 janv. 2021 à 19:13 +0100, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>, a écrit :
>>>> Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Up until the time Apple decides everything has to be M1, at which
>>>>> support for Rosetta is withdrawn. The question is, how long do Intel
>>>>> apps have to live? Deja Vu all over again. (see what I did there?)
>>>> 
>>>> We've been here before...
>>>> 
>>>> 68k -> PPC
>>>> Classic -> OS X
>>>> PPC -> Intel
>>>> 32-bit -> 64-bit
>>>> 
>>>> Adding:
>>>> Intel -> M1
>>>> ...is just another day in Appleland.
>>>> 
>>>> The engine has been carried forward well through all those changes, I'm
>>>> not worried about this latest one.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Richard Gaskin
>>>> Fourth World Systems
>>>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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