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VIRTUALISATION No more Creative Suite for PowerPC: Adobe
VIRTUALISATION No more Creative Suite for PowerPC: Adobe | No more Creative Suite for PowerPC: Adobe |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 13 August 2009 | |
  
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Creative Suite customers are largely professionals (the price tag practically guarantees that), and since the last PowerPC based Macs will be several years old by the time CS5 ships it is highly likely that most potential buyers will be using Intel-based Macs anyway. Furthermore, Adobe is following Apple's lead: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard won't run on PowerPC systems. Although no timeframe was announced, Adobe officials stated that "Adobe recognizes the investment customers have in our software and believes in giving fair notice of any changes regarding the operating systems and hardware that our solutions support. By announcing our intentions early, we hope customers will have time to plan their migration strategies accordingly." For some users, the availability of Intel versions of specific third-party plug-ins will be an issue. Those relying on one or more plug-ins that are no longer being developed will have tough decisions to make. But Adobe is not completely cutting off support for existing PowerPC users. Complementary and paid support will still be available under the current terms, and any critical issues that arise will be patched. The writing's been on the wall for years. If it took an announcement from Adobe to get the 'PowerPC is dead' message through, you haven't been paying attention. |
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