NO MORE ADOBE ON MAC
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- ********0
It won't happen... Apple would buy them out before they let that happen. Adobe only exist today because of the mac. Plus most of the developers listed on the credits use macs themselves (search there names on Google- look for their training videos- all OS X). Apple platform and OS now is the best it's ever been since the company began. With the introduction of Core Image and Video with the release of Tiger alone- almost any software developer can ad Adobe like features to their apps- imagine the inhancements Adobe themselves can add.
All internet mumbo.
Catagorize this talk with:
Apple is going out of business
(people been saying that for the past 10 years)plan poop.
- Hym0
who is more silly
those that come up with the rumour
those that believe it
or those that respond to it
- Elfangio0
although i never ever would see that happen i wouldn't be afraid about it to start with since tools are tools and you can still work with the older versions and there will always be alternatives.
rabattski(Apr 20 05, 00:37)
I am still working with my G4 400Mhz - I can always go back for all my old aplications, or stay on use this ones for a very long time...
- acescence0
so adobe posted stats showing that their PC apps run faster than mac... and that's supposed to mean what, aside from that their mac developers suck?
- mrdobolina0
ha, apple dorks never cease to amaze me. They are just tools, people. reminds me of this old VW shop some friends used to hang out at. All of the old purist wierdos that were pissed 15 years later that VW stopped making the microbus.
- acescence0
yeah, they're just tools, but it sucks when i'm forced to use a screwdriver when i really prefer a bandsaw
- mrdobolina0
dont take this the wrong way, but many mac users I know, know zero about the computers they work on. they just know how to use the software. so in reality, it just comes down to the pretty interface and box they come in and has nothing to do with actual power or performance of the machine. look at flash developers on the mac.
- sparker0
a more likely scenario is apple migrates osx/darwin closer to linux (than unix) and adobe begins writing software that works on linux and windows.
linux gains market share daily. governments, schools, businesses, etc., are all migrating. mac/osx is becoming exclusively niche again.
outside of a couple designers (and this forum) i don't know anyone using mac. our entire organization runs on pc. it is cheap and easy for us to convert pc's from windows to linux.
adobe realizes this and probably wants to tap the linux market.
pretty simple to me. you can spend half the cost on hardware. get the same if not better performance and stability with linux than with osx. businesses will fall in line to save on toc.
apple needs to lower its prices and open it's development up in order to compete. they also need to suck it up and migrate osx over to a completely unix based kernel. no more of this stupid hybrid shit.
there is no reason for 3 major os's in the market. and windows isn't going anywhere. linux is gaining ground daily...i believe it is already past osx on usage statistics.
- acescence0
mcdonalds isn't successful because they provide a better dining experience.
- sparker0
jason has a pretty good write up about it. just for further reading.
- ********0
there's been talk about Adobe cutting Mac apps for a while.
- benfal990
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
funniest thing i've heard.
- ********0
dont take this the wrong way, but many mac users I know, know zero about the computers they work on. they just know how to use the software. so in reality, it just comes down to the pretty interface and box they come in and has nothing to do with actual power or performance of the machine. look at flash developers on the mac.
mrdobolina
(Apr 20 05, 05:39)so true, I work(ed) on both machines
- mrdobolina0
here is another decent read http://news.com.com/Apple,+Adobe… although the article is dated a year ago.
- xau0
We'll see.
Obviously Adobe's loyalty is to shareholders and not customers, otherwise the news of their MM acquisition would not have been so abrupt.
I'll use whatever. I already know linux (and it's not that dissimilar from OSX, at it's core)
- acescence0
yeah, i usually tell the less technically inclined to get a mac, simply because it will work out of the box.
i wouldn't cry too much if all my graphics apps went PC only, i'll admit many do run better. and by many, i mean all. though that's the fault of the vendors, not necessarily apple or MS themselves.
but if my audio apps were PC only, forget it. running a professional studio around a PC is some serious self-loathing and an exercise in futility.
- sparker0
but if my audio apps were PC only, forget it. running a professional studio around a PC is some serious self-loathing and an exercise in futility.
acescence
(Apr 20 05, 06:38)um. i'm sorry, what???? you want to get a better education and make that statement again?
as the network/system admin for 8 radio stations, including 5 professional production studios in-house i'll be happy to dispute your ignorant claim.
- nLHb0
dont take this the wrong way, but many mac users I know, know zero about the computers they work on. they just know how to use the software. so in reality, it just comes down to the pretty interface and box they come in and has nothing to do with actual power or performance of the machine. look at flash developers on the mac.
mrdobolina
(Apr 20 05, 05:39)9 out of 10 mac users i know, know tons about their machine... the reason they buy it is for the power, and the performance, plus there is no spyware, viruses, a more stable OS, etc etc. i don't hate pc's though, they are great machines as well. pc's only problem is it runs a windows operating system
- ********0
What's all this talk about Adobe going under if they don't support Macintosh? Better take a better look at the shear number of PC users around the world.
- ********0
but if my audio apps were PC only, forget it. running a professional studio around a PC is some serious self-loathing and an exercise in futility.
acescence
(Apr 20 05, 06:38)huh? that's not true dude, I run a PC and all of my audio apps run just fine as do many professional studios.
exactly sparker