I just experienced something that demonstrated to me that I've apparently reached the end of the road as a Mac-bigot. I received an e-mail from my Mom about a problem with her MacBook and I couldn't help her. She had installed Snow Leopard and was afterward unable to run Office 2004 apps without Rosetta. "What's Rosetta?" she asks. Sorry Mom, my Macs are too old - I know nothing about Snow Leopard or Rosetta. Ok, so it didn't take long to find the answer (Google led me to a good article on MacObserver). <br>
<br>So why is this a big deal? I was the ultimate Mac bigot! In college, I had to drag my CompSci professor to another building where there was an SE/30 on which I had installed Think C so he could review my assignments (the lab in his building had only 8086 boxes). I eventually earned a living doing various Mac things, most recently as a Carbon/C++ application developer. I was one that had that religious zeal about my passion for the Mac. But then CE Software became a non-profit organization (not intentionally). It doesn't take long to figure out that decent paying Mac jobs in Des Moines are not plentiful.<br>
<br>Now eight years later, I have two G4s, and rarely use either of them. I long ago removed XCode to free up disk space. I spend my days in Visual Studio writing ASP.Net web apps in C#. Unless I step in a large pile of money, I don't see myself buying another Mac any time soon. <br>
<br>Woe is me!<br><br>** whine mode OFF **<br><br>Sorry, had to vent a bit. All better now.<br><br><br>Chris<br>