Return-Path: Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4616546 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:31:42 +0100 Received: by bkbzs2 with SMTP id zs2so4031363bkb.28 for ; Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:37:39 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.151.3 with SMTP id a3mr6067302bkw.34.1328395057849; Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:37:37 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.36.198 with HTTP; Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:37:37 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [203.214.41.37] In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 09:37:37 +1100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] **** You Adobe - (Censored) From: Tony Hayes To: After Effects Mail List , stephen@sv2studios.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cd2b88b666f04b82b13e5 --0015175cd2b88b666f04b82b13e5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 While Windows is not without problems in this regard they're pretty minor compared to Apple who consistently change architecture in a way that makes it almost impossible to own one more than 6 or 7 years old. For most of us here turning their gear over every few years this won't be an issue but it seems an incredible waste that the still in perfect working order mac mini I purchased in 2005 and gave to my mum a couple of years ago for emailing is just about obsolete because I can't get a browser for it, quite ironic given I can still get a browser the windows 2000 PC it replaced. Tony On 5 February 2012 05:56, Stephen van Vuuren wrote: > Well, PC/Windows is not totally free from these issues - it's just a fact > of > life of computer architectural changes happening faster than lifecycles and > almost every tech company simply not devoting resources to support older > hardware. On the Windows side, when I moved to 64-bit Windows (this > includes > XP, Vista and Windows 7 versions) I ended up with a scanner and DV deck > that > simply did not work anymore. I kept an old machine around but neither > Epson, > Panasonic, Microsoft or any 3rd party ever released drivers for 64-bit, so > I > donated them and moved on. > > I don't see any real chance of this changing. I just discovered also > recently that MS Office 2010 won't open at all old MS Office versions - we > definitely are heading towards a future with massive amounts of data, > software and hardware that simply won't function. > > stephen van vuuren > 336.202.4777 > > http://www.sv2studios.com/ > http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/ > http://www.stephenv2.me/ > > A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be > a > progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, > the > meaning, all that comes later. > -Stanley Kubrick > > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to > --0015175cd2b88b666f04b82b13e5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While Windows is not without problems in this regard they're pretty min= or compared to Apple who consistently change architecture in a way that mak= es it almost impossible to own one more than 6 or 7 years old.

For most of us here turning their gear over every few years this won&#= 39;t be an issue but it seems an incredible waste that the still in perfect= working order mac mini I purchased in 2005 and gave to my mum a couple of = years ago for emailing is just about obsolete because I can't get a bro= wser for it, quite ironic given I can still get a browser the windows 2000 = PC it replaced.

Tony



On 5 February 2012 05:56, Stephen van Vu= uren <stephe= n@sv2studios.com> wrote:
Well, PC/Windows is not totally free from these issues - it's just a fa= ct of
life of computer architectural changes happening faster than lifecycles and=
almost every tech company simply not devoting resources to support older hardware. On the Windows side, when I moved to 64-bit Windows (this include= s
XP, Vista and Windows 7 versions) I ended up with a scanner and DV deck tha= t
simply did not work anymore. I kept an old machine around but neither Epson= ,
Panasonic, Microsoft or any 3rd party ever released drivers for 64-bit, so = I
donated them and moved on.

I don't see any real chance of this changing. I just discovered also recently that MS Office 2010 won't open at all old MS Office versions -= we
definitely are heading towards a future with massive amounts of data,
software and hardware that simply won't function.

stephen van vuuren
336.202.4777

http://www.sv2stud= ios.com/
http://www.= outsideinthemovie.com/
http://www.stephenv2= .me/

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be = a
progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion= , the
meaning, all that comes later.
-Stanley Kubrick




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