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From: J. J. Lodder on 24 Jul 2010 05:07
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:

> On 2010-07-24 08:53:08 +0100, Ian McCall said:
>
> > I considered much for the same purpose you did: a kid's computer on
> > their Flash-based web site. I think I'd be better served getting an
> > Intel Mac Mini, even though the cost is more. I also considered it as
> > an iTunes server to be tucked away in a cupboard, but as that thread
> > points out the power consumption is probably such that it would be
> > overall cheaper to go low-spec Miniwards.
>
> Adobe are starting to drop PPC support in Flash, aren't they? So a PPC
> Mac would not be good long term investment if all you wanted was Flash.

Conversely, Flash isn't a good long term investment
if you plan to use Apple,

Jan


From: Ian McCall on 24 Jul 2010 10:46
On 2010-07-24 13:41:54 +0100, Colin Harper <colinharper(a)x.com.invalid> said:

> What I ended up doing was getting a broken iMac G5, 17" 2.0GHz 2GB RAM for
> nothing, and spending �40 on a replacement PSU to fix it.
>
> ...
>
> Still as people point out, PPC is a dead end in lots of ways.

Dead is dead, but for �40 I reckon you got yourself a complete bargain there.


Cheers,
Ian

From: Rowland McDonnell on 24 Jul 2010 20:02
J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Ian McCall said:
> >
> > > I considered much for the same purpose you did: a kid's computer on
> > > their Flash-based web site. I think I'd be better served getting an
> > > Intel Mac Mini, even though the cost is more. I also considered it as
> > > an iTunes server to be tucked away in a cupboard, but as that thread
> > > points out the power consumption is probably such that it would be
> > > overall cheaper to go low-spec Miniwards.
> >
> > Adobe are starting to drop PPC support in Flash, aren't they? So a PPC
> > Mac would not be good long term investment if all you wanted was Flash.
>
> Conversely, Flash isn't a good long term investment
> if you plan to use Apple,

Flash isn't the future. Flash is just one of those ad hoc not very good
things we've got to put up with for now.

I can't see the future, but I can see that Flash won't be at the heart
of the future of multimedia. It's too flaky, too inefficient, too
insecure, and there are other ways of doing it...

Rowland.

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