![]() ![]() I own Transmit, CODA and CandyBar but the last one is only used 3 times – but i also have my old PowerBook’s G4 in 12″ and 17″ which have still enough power for Web-Development (but CODA consumes more than 30% of CPU on the PPC / more than 40% if the project uses Subversion) – having Safari AND CODA running together the PPC reaches its limits. With 10.6 i removed all old apps from my inventory and prevent from installing rosetta. Given that Apple are keen on getting rid of some old “transitional technologies” that are still useful for running older software that would otherwise not run on newer machines, I’m guessing that the best time to upgrade software and hardware would be when the old software is no longer useful, or the hardware fails beyond repair. Mac OS X 10.5 is where some features of the modern Macintosh started to die off. ![]() Software licenses cost money, so since Mac OS 9 is never going to see another update, then it makes sense to use some Classic software on a 10.4 system (where it works) only because you don’t have to renew/upgrade licenses for software you already have. Well, we’re still on 10.4 because of two reasons:ġ) Carbon started shrinking in 10.5: some older Mac OS X apps that ran in 10.4 no longer run in 10.5Ģ) Classic is missing in 10.5, and Classic is required to run some apps for which we haven’t bothered to upgrade their license to the latest releases. If you’re still using 10.4 or 10.5, what is your primary reason for holding back on an upgrade? (It’s also interesting to compare these numbers with The Omni Group. ![]() As most of our future software development is focused on Leopard or above, this means we’ll have to keep our legacy apps around…Īs Tim reminds me, 10.4 is the last OS that Classic still runs under, so is it possible that these 10.4 users are dependent on some extremely old piece of software? With a higher install base than Coda, and a much broader set of users - from web developers, to printing presses, to press photographers, to who knows what - the Transmit results are a bit different.ġ7% still on 10.4. This makes sense for web developers, who, for the most part, really should be using the latest Safari.īut one chart, and one app, doesn’t tell the full story… The Leopard/Snow Leopard dominance is strong, and it seems like Coda users are pretty adamant about running the latest and greatest. CodaĬoda users are famously cutting-edge, and this chart reflects it. I took the last week’s worth of data - including repeat launches, of course, but mathematically I think it all evens out, which is to say I’m terrible at math and have no idea if that’s true - and made two charts. The additional bonus of this (fully anonymous) data is that is gives us a very good look at where our users are, and lets us plan accordingly. When some of our apps check for updates, they send along the Mac OS X version number, helpful in case we need to send a message to a specific set of OS users. ![]()
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