New AirPort vulnerability — for pre-2003 Macs this time.
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John Gruber: Why Is Adobe Soundbooth Intel-Only?
The irony here is that many of the people buying Power Mac G5s [in 2006] did so because they’re creative professionals who use Adobe software — software that doesn’t run natively on Intel hardware and isn’t going to until sometime in 2007. I.e., Adobe, more than any other software developer, is responsible for creative professionals buying late-model high-end PowerPC hardware.
As for the technical explainations, he figures there must be a bunch of Intel SSE assembly code (which would have to be ported to AltiVec) and that, yes, it makes sense because an audio app has real-time requirements, but then Apple’s Final Cut Pro and Soundtrack Pro are universal, so it’s not unfeasible.
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Retail Vista license now allows for unlimited transfers — until it changes again next week, I suppose.
Our intention behind the original terms was genuinely geared toward combating piracy; however, it’s become clear to us that those original terms were perceived as adversely affecting an important group of customers.
Ooh, Microsoft is totally placing user convenience ahead of fighting piracy now. Like, really.
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