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  Mac OS X: Another View
Subject:   Remember the PowerPC Resistance?
Date:   2001-04-17 13:50:04
From:   derrick

In what seems like billions of computer cycles ago, I remember how many dedicated Mac users thought that the PowerPC evolution would lead to the destruction of the platform.


As Yogi Berra would say, "Seems like deja vu all over again."

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  • Michael Beam photo Remember the PowerPC Resistance?
    2001-04-18 12:20:48  Michael Beam | O'Reilly Author [Reply | View]

    Ah, that was before my time (i've only been on the Mac for about 4 years), but its going to fun to see what people say about OS X in 5 years (heck, next year!).

    To add on to Scott's list:

    Command-M to minimize (shame on Adobe for not doing this in acrobat though). Whenever i'm in OS 9 i'm saddened to see that Command-M won't work. Same with Command-H to hide.
  • Alan Graham photo Amen brother!
    2001-04-17 17:20:09  Alan Graham | O'Reilly Blogger [Reply | View]

    I made this point on another forum...I remember VERY clearly how Apple had to force folks to leave the old Motorola chips for the new PPC ones...and even though they gave us the emulator to get us through until native apps were available...people cried "the sky is falling" because they had to buy a new copy of Photoshop. The pundits never thought people would switch over. And here we are...