Support for Mac OSX 10.5

[Bob Sneidar]

Yeah Leo LaPorte is not thrilled with that whole deal either, and he recommends post production guys go with Adobe’s product. <Sigh> Feels like the fall of an empire. 

Bob


On Feb 27, 2014, at 16:12 , stephen barncard <stephenREVOLUTION2 at barncard.com> wrote:

> "like Lion and Mountain Lion, Mavericks doesn’t cost a thing. "
> 
> It costs a LOT if one can run 32 bit any more…  more bricks on the shelf.
> Maybe Apple can shut up for a while now that they've forced everyone to 64
> bit. It wouldn't be so bad if they hadn't tried to axe popular apps with
> completely new workflows. I have no feature in Mavericks that I would want
> except to enable newer software, like Final Cut Pro X - if I can endure the
> new workflow….and there's no demo available, so I can't even check it out.
> It's supposed to be better now.
> 
> I'm still pissed about what happened to the REAL Final Cut Pro (7).
> 
> And Waveburner, their Brilliant bastard stepchild of a CD mastering
> software.  Never heard of it? Not surprised.  (it was bundled with Logic
> for years.) - no replacement offered. Those guys don't even know what
> "mastering" means any more. It's not about 'crunching' plugins, it's about
> workflow. Somebody that probably never used it made the decision.
> 
> I guess the main excuse is about the Carbon/Cocoa thing. They "knifed that
> baby" really good - and ignored and dismissed thousands of video
> professionals that depended on FCP.  It's the arrogance that ticks me off.
> Most went to Adobe Premiere, as Avid has even more downsides. Nobody's
> really happy.
> 
> 
> sqb
> 
> *--*
> *Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words*
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Richard Gaskin
> <ambassador at fourthworld.com>wrote:
> 
>> Re. my suggestion that it may be possible for older Macs to stay safe by
>> upgrading to OS X 10.6:
>> 
>> Looks like I had more faith in Apple than their decisions warrant, as they
>> just knifed the baby, and 19% of Mac users along with it:
>> 
>> 
>> Apple Retires Snow Leopard Support, Leaves 1 In 5 Macs In The Dust
>> <http://readwrite.com/2014/02/27/apple-snow-leopard-support-osx-mac>
>> 
>> 
>> 
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